LHC acquits two death row prisoners Division bench exonerates the pair for lack of evidence APP January 28, 2021 LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday acquitted two death row convicts who had been in prison for the past nine years. The court acquitted the convicts over lack of evidence against them. A division bench comprising Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan and Justice Shehram Sarwar Chaudhry acquitted the convicts, Imran Javed and Niamat Ali, while allowing their appeals against death penalty announced by the trial court. The counsel for the convicts argued before the court that Balochni police of Faisalabad had registered a case against the suspects and others on October 4, 2011 over the murder of Muhammad Gulzar, Muhammad Irshad, Babar Ali and Nazir Hussain.