Five awarded death sentence
July 1, 2021
Rawalpindi : The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Rawalpindi Farkhanda Arshad on Wednesday awarded death sentence to three men and lifetime imprisonment to fourth-one accused in a murder case. The court has also imposed fine of Rs800,000 on the accused and directed to pay the fine immediately.
The court awarded death sentence to three accused named Wajid Hussain, Mulazam Hussain and Muhammad Jameel and awarded lifetime imprisonment to accused Majid Hussain on charges of killing four people Ghulam Jilani, Ghulam Rasool, Altaf Hussain and Abdul Jabbar and injuring four others.
Kahuta Police Station registered the case under Section of 302 against four killers on murder charges in August 2014. The accused party opened fire on land dispute in which four people were killed at the spot while four were injured on the occasion. The killers fled from the scene on the occasion but police arrested them after some days.