KARACHI: An antiterrorism court sentenced on Wednesday a man to life in prison in the murder case of a child.
M.
Hasan was found guilty of killing a nine-year-old boy after kidnapping
him near his house in Napier in September last year and subjecting the
underage captive to criminal assault.
The judge directed the convict to pay a compensation of Rs100,000 to the legal heirs of the deceased.
The
court also handed 10-year imprisonment to the convict for the offence
of criminal assault. However, both the sentences will run concurrently.
Man acquitted
Another ATC acquitted on Wednesday a man in an explosives case for want of evidence.
Qari Sajjad Ahmed was charged with carrying a hand grenade in Shah Latif Town in April this year.
The
court ruled that there were glaring contradictions in the testimonies
of police officers and the bomb disposal squad officials while the
documentary evidence of the prosecution was also contrary to the
prosecution story.
A police inspector also admitted that
the grenade was neither sealed nor packed when it was handed over to
him by a sub-inspector and also conceded that the contents of the FIR
and the memo of the recovery were contrary to physical position of the
hand grenade, it added.
