KARACHI: A sessions court on Thursday sentenced a physiotherapist to life imprisonment in a woman’s murder case.

Karamat Hussain was found guilty of killing Amina Yusuf Patel and robbing her house in June 2014 in Mehmoodabad.

The Additional District and Sessions Judge (South), Hafiz-ur-Rehman, read out the conviction order after recording evidence of witnesses and concluding arguments from both sides and imposed a fine of Rs100,000. In case of non-payment, the convict would have to undergo an additional one year in prison.

The court also handed down five-year imprisonment to the convict for the offence of robbery. However, both the sentences would run concurrently.

According to the prosecution, the accused was a physiotherapist and he was providing treatment to the victim. On June 6, he killed the woman in order to rob the house.

After committing the murder, the accused took away cash, jewellery and other valuables. Later, police managed to arrest the accused and recovered stolen articles from his possession, it added.

Meanwhile, another sessions court on Thursday awarded a collective sentence of nine years to a man for attempting to kill his wife.

Mohammad Ramzan was judged accountable for attempting to murder his wife in 2016 at their house in Surjani Town. Girl identifies suspects

A nine-year-old girl identified on Thursday three juveniles before a judicial magistrate in a case pertaining to her kidnapping and attempted rape.

Three suspects, said to be aged between 12 to 13 years, have been booked for allegedly abducting the girl in a Soldier Bazaar area on the night of March 11 and attempting to sexually assault her.

After the end of their two-day physical remand, the investigating officer produced them again before a judicial magistrate (East). The victim also turned up before the court, deposed against the suspects and also identified them.

After recording the statement of the victim, the magistrate sent the suspects to the Youthful Offenders Industrial School (juvenile prison) and directed the IO to file investigation report.

Reference against builders filed

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed on Thursday a reference before an accountability court against the owners of Rufi Builders and Developers.

Rauf Ahmed Rufi and Manzoor Ahmed Rufi were arrested in December for allegedly cheating public at large by denying possession of plots to 415 allottees who had made their payments 17 years ago for the Rufi Global City project.

The defence counsel informed the court that they have filed applications for plea bargain with the NAB.

Published in Dawn, March 16th, 2018