Islamabad High Court Reserves Judgment On Appeal Of Minor Girl's Killer Against Death Penalty

Faizan Hashmi Published January 22, 2019 | 06:27 PM

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday reserved its judgment on an appeal challenging the death sentence of an accused involved in killing a minor girl after molestation

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jan, 2019 ) :The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday reserved its judgment on an appeal challenging the death sentence of an accused involved in killing a minor girl after molestation.

The IHC's bench reserved the judgment after the two sides concluded their arguments in appeal against the lower court's decision announcing the accused death sentence along with fines in 2014.

The convict person Shabbir had allegedly killed six-year old girl Ghulam Zainab after molesting her in 2009.

The session court had announced death sentence to the accused after he found guilty during the trial.

During today's hearing, the father of victim girl Rizwan appeared before the bench on wheelchair and requested the court to early conclude the case proceeding.

He contended that he was a poor man and it was very difficult for him to fulfill the expenditures for case.

The bench, however, reserved the judgment after the prosecutor concludingits arguments in accused's appeal.