LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) upheld the life imprisonment of a convict Muhammad Ashraf who killed his wife with repeated strikes of a batten.
The court noted that the key eyewitness against the convict was his own son and observed that in our society a father holds a position of great respect and a son would not level such a serious allegation against his father falsely.
The court said that factors such as fear, intimidation, and loyalty can influence children, and the failure of other children to testify against their father does not weaken the prosecution’s case.
The court, therefore, observed that testimony of a son against his father could not be rejected without evidence and upheld the punishment. The Gujranwala police had registered a case against Muhammad Ashraf in 2021 and a sessions court sentenced him to life imprisonment along with a fine in 2022.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
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