PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FOUR SISTERS

November 2, 2021:

A Peshawar court on 30 October 2021 convicted a man and his son for killing four sisters six years ago over a property dispute and sentenced them to death along with the payment of Rs2 million compensation each to the legal heirs of the women.
District and sessions judge Ashfaque Taj also convicted the two, Fazal Qadir and son Fazal Hussain, for injuring the son of one of the deceased, awarded them five years rigorous imprisonment along with Rs50,000 fine each.
The court ruled that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused and the evidence on record connected them with the commission of the offence.
The court also declared two of the absconding accused, Fazal Karim and Hazrat Bilal, as proclaimed offenders and issued perpetual arrest warrants for them.
The killings, which had taken place in Kachi Mohallah in June 2015, had resulted into a public outcry and inhabitants of the area had also staged protest demonstrations in that connection.
Initially, the two arrested accused were convicted by an anti-terrorism court on 2 October 2019 and were awarded death penalty on four counts with collective fine of Rs 1.6 million.
However, the Peshawar High Court had set aside their conviction on 19 May 2021 and remanded the case to the sessions court for trial afresh under the Code of Criminal Procedure.