GUJRAT: Sara-i-Alamgir additional district and sessions judge on Monday handed down a death sentence to a man for committing blasphemy at Pooran village in 2023, besides imposing a Rs300,000 fine on him.

Judge Zahid Hussain announced the verdict after completion of the trial proceedings held in the Gujrat district jail.

The suspect, a resident of Pooran village, had been booked by Sara-i-Alamgir police under sections 295C and 324 of the PPC on the report of Ahsan Iqbal of the same village, on April 15, 2023. The police had arrested the suspect and sent him to the district jail.

The convict will also have to undergo three-year ‘additional imprisonment and Rs50,000 fine for injuring the complainant.

Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2025