SC acquits two men accused of murder after nine years

The Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted two prisoners accused of murdering a person in 2009.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa heard the appeal of convicted persons who were accused of being involved in the murder of a person in 2009.

The Balochistan High Court had maintained life imprisonment of the two accused which is now reverted by the Supreme Court over lack of evidence in the case.

Haji Muhammad Hashim and Gulab, were both granted bail. Haji’s probable date of release was April 8, 2024 and the accused served jail period for almost eight years.

Gulab’s date of release was scheduled for September 30, 2029 and he served four years in jail.

The SC observed that the incident was unwitnessed and the bench acquitted the convicted persons by giving them benefit of doubt.

The date of sentence for Haji was in 2008 and Gulab in 2013.

Only recently, on April 3, the SC acquitted a woman of the charges of murdering her parents and brother. The apex court also acquitted two other convicts who had earlier been handed death sentence.

Source: Express Tribune