KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced two men to three-year imprisonment in a robbery case.

After hearing the arguments from both sides and examining the evidence, Additional District and Sessions Judge (South) Muhammad Sulleman Buriro found accused Imran and Muhammad Sharif guilty of robbing a family in their house in Gizri and convicted them for the offence under Section 392 (punishment for robbery) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

The court also handed down an additional sentence of two-year imprisonment to accused Imran for possessing an illegal weapon.

In addition, the court also imposed a fine of Rs20,000 on each convict and in case of default they would have to serve additional imprisonment.

The court noted that the police had recovered the looted valuables and a weapon after apprehending the accused outside the house, which remained “entirely unrebutted as the accused could not falsify the allegation by taking any plea in defence”.

“Prosecution case evidence has been found unblemished making both of the accused liable for the charge. Therefore, the contradictions whatever made if any in the cross-examination are of minor nature which are to be overlooked in presence of credible evidence on record,” the verdict said.

According to the prosecution, on May 24, 2025, the two accused barged into a house and, at gunpoint, looted jewellery, phones and cash from the family. In the meantime, a family member called the police helpline (15). The police rushed to the scene, cordoned off the area and apprehended the duo outside the house. They also recovered all the looted goods from their possession.

The judge ruled: “It is the undisputed fact that police official witnesses as well as private witnesses/mashirs of arrest and recovery admitted one fact clearly that soon after the incident both accused persons were arrested by police so the contradictions and insistencies if came on record with whether the accused were arrested in immediate presence of PWs, recoveries made from them is not of such weight to depreciate authenticity of the incident.

“From the chain and sequence of events and the testimonies recorded of private witnesses as well police officials it evinces that the incident of robbery has occurred and accused were arrested outside the bungalow where incident took place and recoveries of looted articles /valuables / gold were recovered so also unlicensed pistol and bullets seized from possession of accused Imran,” the court noted.

A case was registered at the Gizri police station under Section 397 (robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) and 34 (common intention) of the PPC.

Published in Dawn, March 11th, 2026