Judge asks suspects to grow trees as ‘punishment’ in Sukkur
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SUKKUR: Tangwani civil court judge Munawar Hussain Pirzada on Tuesday awarded an ingenious punishment to five suspects accused of obstructing official duties.
The judge ordered the suspects identified as Aijaz Malik, Ali, Wazir, Shoukat and Saeed Sharbat to grow 50 trees in a nearby village and look after them, punctually offer prayers five times a day and recite the holy Quran in addition to Rs5,000 fine each.
The convicts would regularly report to the court about compliance with the verdict and in case of failure they would be sent to jail, said the court order.
Published in Dawn, March 11th, 2021
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Mar 11, 2021 10:16am
I enjoyed that.
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Mar 11, 2021 11:50am
Unique decision by the court.
This decision will make the convicted punctual.
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Mar 11, 2021 12:24pm
The judge is real cool!
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Mar 11, 2021 01:13pm
Serving the public in lieu of going to jail is a common punishment in the United States.
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Mar 11, 2021 01:22pm
It’s this kind of lunacy from the courts I keep banging on about! Destroyed any accountability!
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Mar 11, 2021 01:40pm
Great and innovative environment friendly move by the judge.
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Mar 11, 2021 01:53pm
Well done Justice Pirzada .... brilliant decision.
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Mar 11, 2021 02:58pm
Though this looks nice, Judges should follow law and not their own wishes. Next Judge may not be same but use this as precedent.
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Mar 11, 2021 03:08pm
One complete package. Suspects would feel really thankful to the Judge in hereafter.
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Mar 11, 2021 03:31pm
If similar judgements were given to some of our corrupt politicians and bureaucrats, we would end up with lots and lots of badly needed jungles.
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Mar 11, 2021 03:36pm
Rather punishment, it should be termed as regret
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Mar 11, 2021 05:39pm
Gimmick
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Mar 11, 2021 06:42pm
This is a classic example of “ alternative sentencing “.
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Mar 11, 2021 07:20pm
@AZAM AKBAR, It's a standard practice in other countries. It's called community service as a punishment
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