July 4, 2003	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 3,1424

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RAWALPINDI, July 3: The judge of the anti-terrorist court number-I, Manzoor Ahmed Mirza, on Thursday handed down death sentence and a fine of Rs100,00 to a person for killing a police constable of Secretariat police station, Islamabad.

According to the prosecution, the convict, Agha Gul, had shot dead constable Ashraf when the latter tried to stop his vehicle for routine checking at a police picket. The fine amount would go to the family of the deceased.

The court also awarded additional 10-year rigorous imprisonment to the convict for stopping the policeman from performing his duty.

He will have to pay an additional Rs10,000 fine. In case of default, he will have to undergo an additional one-year rigorous imprisonment.

The court observed that the prosecution had furnished enough evidence with the court against the convict. The convict has the right to challenge the court’s decision in the High Court within the prescribed timeframe.

Meanwhile, the judge of the anti-terrorism court number-II, Safdar Hussain Malik, accepted the bail applications of two policemen of Airport police station and a former reader of the anti-terrorism court number-II in a murder case.

They were believed to have assisted four alleged killers in the murder of four persons in Gujar Khan.

Similarly, the same court awarded a fine of Rs400 each on fifteen PML-N activists including the central vice president, Zafar Ali Shah, and information secretary, Siddiq-ul-Farooq, in the Kashmir rally case.