The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by murder convict Rustam, who had challenged his life imprisonment sentence.
\nA three-member bench, headed by Justice Hashim Khan Kakar heard the case. During the proceedings, the convict\u2019s counsel argued that his client was carrying out construction on his own land when the complainant party initiated the altercation.
\nJustice Kakar questioned the defense, asking, \u201cDoes that give you the right to shoot someone? Just because there was a quarrel, did you receive a license to open fire?\u201d
\nThe defense counsel contended that the shot fired by Rustam hit the victim on the side of the body, not in the chest, and therefore there was no intention to kill. However, Justice Kakar remarked, \u201cThe deceased, Zafar, was killed by the bullet fired. What other intention could your client have had? He fired directly, and the man died.\u201d
\nAfter hearing the arguments, the court dismissed the appeal and upheld Rustam\u2019s life imprisonment sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by murder convict Rustam, who had challenged his life imprisonment sentence. A three-member bench, headed by Justice Hashim Khan Kakar heard the case. During the proceedings, the convict\u2019s counsel argued that his client was carrying out construction on his own land when the complainant party initiated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-504932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n