SHC suspends death sentence of Shahrukh Jatoi among two in Shahzeb murder case
The high court has ruled that the sessions court would look into the terror sections.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Sindh High Court (SHC) has suspended death sentences on Tuesday awarded to criminals Shahrukh Jatoi and Siraj Talpur in Shahzeb murder case in 2013.
In a development in the case that surfaced today, the high court has ruled that the sessions court would look into the terror sections in the case while revoked the death sentences awarded in June 2013.
Shahzaib Khan, a Karachi student was murdered in December 2012 and son of a feudal Shahrukh Jatoi among four criminals were awarded sentences by an anti-terrorism court. Jatoi and Talpur were sentenced to death while Sajjad Talpur and Ghulam Murtaza Lashari were sentenced to life imprisonments.
However, an affidavit was filed with the court by parents of the slain student, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Aurangzeb Khan and wife in 2013 pardoning both the murderers and the accomplices.
