KARACHI: A sessions court sentenced on Friday a man to death for killing his father.

Sharafat Ali was found guilty of stabbing his father Abdul Hameed after an exchange of hot words as the convict misbehaved with his mother in their house in an Orangi Town locality in January 2010.

The additional district and sessions judge (west), Ilimuddin Janwari, also imposed a fine of Rs200,000 and in case of default the convict would undergo six-month imprisonment.

The court ruled that the case stood proved beyond a shadow of a doubt since eyewitnesses deposed against the accused and the documentary evidence also corroborated the testimonies.

However, capital punishment is subject to confirmation of the high court.

A brother of the accused had lodged a case against him under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code at the Mochko police station.

Killer jailed for life

Meanwhile, the same court handed down on Friday life imprisonment to a man in another murder case.

Abdul Latif was held accountable for killing Sajjad Hussain Shah in Baldia Town in March 2011.

The court directed the convict to pay a fine of Rs20,000 and if he failed to pay the fine, he would undergo an additional six-month imprisonment.

Case against Malir SSP ordered

A sessions court directed on Friday the police to record the statement of a retired police officer regarding abduction of his son and lodge a case against a senior superintendent of police and others if a cognizable offence was made out.

Retried SSP Niaz Ahmed Khosa through his lawyer moved an application under Section 22-A of the Criminal Procedure Code and submitted that on March 28, he along with his son Mehrab Khosa, a sub-inspector in the anti-encroachment force, was travelling to Karachi when police intercepted them within the remit of the Gadap police station.

The applicant’s lawyer contended that Malir SSP Rao Anwar and other police officers took SI Mehrab away and extended threats to the applicant.

He further claimed that the police had lodged a case against the alleged captive with mala fide intention after SI Mehrab along with an anti-encroachment squad carried out a drive against land grabbers in Malir in December.

The counsel maintained that SI Mehrab had also challenged the allegedly forged FIR in the high court, adding that the applicant approached the SHO of the Gadap police station for registration of a case against the police officials, but the SHO refused.

While impleading SSP Malir Rao Anwar and other police officials as proposed accused, the lawyer asked the court to direct the SHO to lodge an FIR against the proposed accused.

After hearing both sides, district and sessions judge (Malir) Khalid Hussain Shahani in his order observed that as per the applicant his son had been abducted and prima facie, this constituted a cognizable offence, therefore the contentions made by the counsel for the applicant required consideration.

“Accordingly, SHO PS Gadap City is directed to record statement of applicant in [purview] of Section 154 of CrPC and if cognizable offence is made out, lodge FIR and dispose of the same in accordance with law under intimation to this court”, it added.

Published in Dawn, April 1st, 2017