{"id":556982,"date":"2026-07-19T10:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=556982"},"modified":"2026-07-19T10:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:03:17","slug":"court-awards-10-years-ri-each-to-5-accused-in-corruption-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/court-awards-10-years-ri-each-to-5-accused-in-corruption-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Court awards 10 years RI each to 5 accused in corruption case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI<br \/>\nThe court has awarded 10 years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) each to five persons in corruption case. According to media reports Special Court ( central) Rawalpindi has awarded punishment to five accused in FIA corruption case under different clauses .<br \/>\nThose who have been convicted and sentenced include Zeeshan Ali Akbar,Nazar Hussain, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Jahangir Ahmad and Saqib Zaheer. All the accused have been awarded 10 years RI each under clause 5 (2) of Anti Corruption Act 1947.<br \/>\nUnder section 161 PPC every accused was awarded three years RI . Under section 162 PPC every accused was awarded 3 years RI too.<br \/>\nUnder section 163 PPC every accused was awarded one year RI.<br \/>\nThe court while ordering to run all sentences concurrently gave the benefit of section B-382 of criminal procedure to the accused persons.<br \/>\nThe court also ordered to forfeit Rs 10475000 recovered from the accused in favor of government .<br \/>\nThe forfeited amount was recovered from all the five accused.<br \/>\nSpecial judge central Rawalpindi Abdul Rehman Muhammad Arif issued warrants for transferring all the convicts to Central Jail Rawalpindi immediately.<br \/>\nIt is pertinent to mention here this case was registered in FIA anti corruption circle Islamabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI The court has awarded 10 years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) each to five persons in corruption case. According to media reports Special Court ( central) Rawalpindi has awarded punishment to five accused in FIA corruption case under different clauses . 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