Sindh High Court on Monday adjourned hearing of appeals filed by activists of banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami, convicted in US consulate car bombing case, on non appearance of defence counsels.
SHC's division bench comprising Justice Syed Ali Aslam Jaffery and Justice Azizullah Memon taking notice of non-appearance of defence counsels repeated intimation notice to convicts Mohammad Imran and Hafiz Zubair to engage counsels for arguing their appeals otherwise the court would engage lawyers to them on state expenses.
The chief and general secretary of the banned militant outfit, Mohammad Imran and Mohammad Haneef were sentenced to death while two other members Sharib Arsalan Farooqui and Hafiz Mohammad Zubair were awarded life term by Anti Terrorism Court ATC Karachi in a car bomb attack on the US consulate in April 2003.
They were found guilty for blowing up the explosive laden pickup near US consulate in June 2002 resulting 12 people were killed while 43 wounded in the blast.
The trial court, however, acquitted Mohammad Ashraf Khan in said case on lack of evidence and ordered that case of remaining absconding co-accused be kept at dormant file.
The state also filed appeals for enhancement of sentences of co-accused in said case.
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