SC commutes death sentences of two murderers to life imprisonment

SC commutes death sentences of two murderers to life imprisonment
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Summary Muhammad Asif and Khurram had killed their aunt over resistance during a dacoity bid in Rawalpindi.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Supreme Court (SC) on Monday converted the death penalty of two murder convicts to life imprisonment.

A three-member bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa held a hearing over the plea pertaining to the diminution in the sentences of the convicts.

Muhammad Asif and Khurram had killed their aunt over resistance during a dacoity bid in Rawalpindi.

The bench remarked that a hostile murder has not been proved and the dispute among the parties could be something else.

The court commuted the sentence over insufficient evidence.