Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) has awarded death sentence to former session judge Mithi Sikandar Lashari in a murder case.

ATC Karachi took up the murder case for hearing on Saturday.

During the course of hearing, former session judge Mithi Sikandar Lashari appeared before the court.

Statements of more than 22 witnesses were recorded in the case and court handed down death sentence to Sikandar Lashari after his crime was proved. .

It is vital to mention here that there was a family dispute among the former session judge Mithi Sikandar Lashari and session judge Jacob Abad while session judge Mithi had killed son of session judge Jacob Abad on February19, 2014.

Former sessions judge Mithi was brought from Hyderabad jail and presented in the court