Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas on Friday sentenced a man and his son to death after they were convicted of abducting and killing a man.
The judge also fined them Rs100,000 each. They would have to undergo an additional sentence of six months if they failed to pay.
Prosecution said Bashir Ahmed got suspicious that Muhammad Shahid, a neighbour, was having an affair with his daughter. They said Ahmed and his father Shahnawaz abducted Shahid when he was on his way to a market. They said the men first beat him, then doused him in petrol and set him alight. Prosecution said the man was seriously injured and taken to a hospital where he later died. They said police presented arrested the men soon after and presented their challan in court.
After examining evidence and witnesses, the court awarded them death penalty and imposed fine of Rs100,000 each.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 2nd, 2015.
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