Skip to main content

SC overturns PHC decision, sentences man to life for murdering 17-year-old

The Supreme Court on Thursday, overturning the Peshawar High Court's earlier acquittal of a murder suspect, handed him a life sentence for the killing of a teenager and ordered his immediate arrest.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa heard a review petition against the PHC's acquittal of Hazrat Ali ─ who had been sentenced for life by a trial court ─ in the murder of a 17-year-old boy.

Justice Khosa, overturning the PHC's decision, observed that "none of the witnesses had spoken the truth in this case."

"None of the witnesses paid any regard to their oath," he regretted, adding: "The purpose of investigation agencies is to present the truth."

The chief justice once again lashed out against the practice of recording false testimonies before courts, saying that it creates hurdles for courts.

"In other countries, people speak the truth and laws are debated but here, hurdles are created for courts," he complained.

"Here [in Pakistan] four people from a village say that an incident took place in broad daylight and four other people from the same village say that the same incident took place at night."

Since assuming the position of top judge, Justice Khosa has rued the practice of recording false testimonies on several occasions. Earlier, while hearing a review petition in a rape case, he pointed out that an innocent person could be "sentenced to death because of [a] false statement". He has also criticised high courts for "ignoring evidence".

Earlier this week, he expressed hope that the "high court [would] do better in this regard in future" in a detailed judgement of the Supreme Court's verdict in the Khadija Siddiqui stabbing case. The top court had overturned a decision passed by the Lahore High Court which acquitted Shah Hussain, the youth accused of stabbing classmate Khadija 23 times.



from The Dawn News - Home http://bit.ly/2MIaSjX
via IFTTT
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sialkot police bust gang of robbers, seize over Rs20m looted cash

SIALKOT: Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted an infamous gang of robbers and seized Rs20.3 million looted cash from their possession, ARY News reported. A spokesperson for the police confirmed the arrests saying the eight-member gang had looted a pharmaceutical company’s truck full of medicine. He said the looted cash to the tune of Rs20.3 million was also recovered from their possession. The police said the recovered cash and truck have been handed over to their owner. Read More: Youngster battles for life as Punjab police ‘mistakenly’ opens fire on him Earlier, on June 20, Karachi police had apprehended six robbers allegedly involved in a bank robbery of Rs10.5 million last month. The robbers had produced Rs9 million from the bank robbery in front of the police after being taken under arrest. The police also recovered the weapons used by the criminals in the bank robbery. The gang was stated to have a previous record of robbing various places in the city, the police said. ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Peshawar security forces kill four suspected terrorists

The Peshawar Counter-Terrorism Department personnel gunned down four suspected terrorists after raiding their hideout on the Kohat Road Monday. According to the security forces, the suspects were plotting an attack. A cache of weapons and ammunition has been seized too. On Monday evening, a special CTD team raided the hideout after surrounding it and exchanged fire with them. No CTD personnel was injured in the operation. from SAMAA https://ift.tt/2V8MRbn
Post a Comment
Read more

Headlines 9am: Karachi to face power outages, coronavirus cases rise

Here are the headlines from SAMAA TV’s 9am bulletin. Pakistan has begun reporting fewer coronavirus infections in the last couple of days. In the last 24 hours, 3,964 cases were reported with 105 deaths. Around 73,000 recoveries have been confirmed so far. Three people were killed in a collision between a motorcycle and ambulance on the Mehran highway. A child was injured as well. Robbers looted a house in Karachi’s Azizabad in broad daylight and in the presence of a policeman. The cop chased the thieves but they were able to escape. SAMAA TV has acquired a CCTV footage of the robbery. A terrorism bid has been foiled in Peshawar. During a raid, security forces eliminated four terrorists. A cache of weapons and ammunition has been recovered. Saudi Arabia has announced it would hold a “very limited” Hajj this year owing to the coronavirus pandemic, with pilgrims already in the kingdom allowed to take part. The Kingdom has informed Pakistan about it as well. Pakistan’s Religious A...
Post a Comment
Read more