F.P. Report
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has dismissed the petition filed by convict Imran Ali against his death sentence in raping and murdering seven-year-old Zainab’s murder case.
Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan headed the five-member bench heard the petition. Justice Shahram Sarwar gave remarks that only Imran’s DNA out of 1187 people matched with minor girl Zainab which proved him a prime culprit.
The bench questioned lawyer of Imran that the culprit filed a plea to reduce his sentence while you are giving arguments for his bail.
Justice Sadaqat Ali remarked that no one should raise objections when court gives justice on time.
He also rejected plea of convict’s lawyer to grant time for argumentation.
Earlier, father of seven-year-old girl, Haji Ameen Ansari had filed a plea in Supreme Court (SC) seeking security due to threats from convict Imran Ali’s family. He said that Imran’s relatives are harassing and pressurizing them.
Imran Ali had claimed innocence in the case and filed an appeal against Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) decision in LHC. He said that legal requirements were not ensured as the proceedings were concluded in hurry.
Earlier on February 17, ATC handed over four counts of death penalty to Imran while he was also given four separate death sentences after being convicted of the rape and murder of Zainab, as well as terrorism charges, prosecutor general of Punjab province Ihtesham Qadir said after a special anti-terrorism court passed its judgment.
Zainab, a seven-year-old went missing on January 4 and after five days she was found dead from a garbage pile and later the postmortem report revealed that the minor girl was raped before murdered.
