Summary The Prosecution Department Punjab has decided to challenge the court's verdict in the SC
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench on Tuesday has acquitted two death row inmates in a case regarding killing of as many as five members of a family due to lack of sufficient evidence.
According to the details, the division bench headed by Justice Iftikhar Hussain Shah and Justice Sikandar Zulqarnain Saleem acquitted Riffat Bibi and Khadim Hussain in a case of killing at least five members of a family. During the hearing, the defense council Raja Ghaneem Khan said that the evidences upon which both his clients have been sentenced to death penalty are not sufficient. He said that the police did not inform the trial court of the facts.
However, the prosecution made an appeal to the court saying that Bibi and Hussain were sentenced to punishment by death on solid evidences. After hearing arguments of both the sides, the court accepted the appeals and acquitted Bibi and Hussain.
Earlier, both of them were tried in a court for murdering five members of a family in February 2008 and the additional sessions judge sentenced Bibi and Hussain to capital punishment whereas acquitted five alleged accomplices.
Moreover, the prosecution department Punjab has decided to challenge the court’s verdict in the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan.
