LHC acquits death row convict

LAHORE   -   A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench Monday acquitted a death row convict after setting aside the trial court sentence. The division bench, headed by Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmad Khan, passed the orders while allowing an appeal, filed by the convict, Muhammad Yasin, against the trial court verdict. Advocate Faisal Bajwa, the counsel for appellant, argued before the bench that Dijkot police of Faisalabad registered a case against his client over murder of a man. He submitted that the trial court failed to appreciate the facts and handed down death sentence to his client despite clear difference in the complainant’s statement and medical evidence.

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