LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday upheld death penalty of three terrorists who were convicted for attacking and blowing up police checkpost in Mianwali.
The division bench comprising Justice Abdul Sami Khan and Justice Sadqat Ali Khan announced the decision while dismissing appeals filed by terrorists Abdullah Ghazali, Abdul Hai and Saleem Zaman.
During the hearing, the defendant's counsel pleaded the bench to acquit the accused being innocent. He submitted that the accused were not nominated in the case and they were arrested after one month of the incident. He further submitted that identification parade was not held in accordance with the law.
However, Deputy Prosecutor General Punjab Khurram Khan opposed the request and submitted that the convicts were arrested after a police encounter and heavy arms were recovered from them. He contended that the trial court had awarded punishments in accordance with law on the basis of witnesses' statements and available evidence.
The bench after hearing the arguments of both parties dismissed the appeals and upheld the conviction of the accused.
The terrorists had attacked Qudratabad checkpost with explosives and hand grenades, killing policemen Sher Khan, Bahadur Khan, Sajawal Khan, Ghulam Shabbir, Zafar Iqbal, Ghulam Abbas, Yasir Arafat and Muhammad Ilyas on February 7, in 2009.
The convicts had also attacked other checkposts in the area.
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