The anti-terrorism court (ATC) has awarded the death sentence to one accused and handing life sentences to five others in the murder case of university student Mashal Khan.
The ATC hearing the murder case of Mashal Khan also sentences of four years each to twenty-five accused in the case, while 26 suspects were acquitted by the court for lack of evidence.
According to the verdict read out by ATC Judge Fazal-e-Subhan, the primary accused, Imran was sentenced to death under Section 302(b) of the Pakistan Penal Code. He was also sentenced under Section 7(1) ATA, 1997 to death and a fine of Rs100,000 or in case of default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months. The ATC further sentenced him to five years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs50,000 and in case of default, to undergo six months simple imprisonment.
Imran had also admitted in front of a judicial magistrate shooting at Mashal Khan.
The ATC awarded life sentences amounting to 25 years in jail to Fazal-e-Raziq, Mujeebullah, Ishfaq Khan, Bilal Baksh and Mudassir Bashir.
The twenty-five accused sentenced to four years, will serve their sentence concurrently. They have been sentenced under Section 11-WW ATA,1997 to three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs50,000 or in case of default, further six months imprisonment.
A total of 57 accused were indicted in the case while another, Mian Saeed, was arrested on January 4. Three more suspects, including a tehsil councillor from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), are still absconding.
