2024 SCMR 1449 Life Imprisonment Case Laws & Judgments Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, J.- Iftikhar Hussain alias Kharoo, petitioner faced trial before the learned Additional Sessions Judge Chakwal in case FIR No.52 dated 17.02.2009 registered under Section 302, PPC at Police Station Kallar Kahar, District Chakwal. After a regular trial, he was convicted under Section 302(b) PPC and sentenced to death along with compensation of Rs.200,000/- under Section 544-A Cr.P.C. to be paid to the legal heirs of the deceased. In default thereof, to further undergo six months simple imprisonment.
Aggrieved of his conviction and sentence, the petitioner filed a criminal appeal, whereas the trial Court transmitted the murder reference. Both these matters were taken up together by the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench and through the impugned judgment dated 02.02.2017, the sentence of the petitioner was altered into rigorous imprisonment for life while keeping the amount of
compensation and imprisonment in default intact. Murder Reference was answered in the negative. Benefit of Section 382-B Cr.P.C. was also extended to him, hence this jail petition. Download
