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2019-07-12 India-Pakistan

'Bigger crime than murder': SC throws out acquittal plea of acid attacker despite victim's forgiveness

[DAWN] In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the plea for acquittal filed by an acid attack convict, saying he deserved no mercy despite the claim that his victim had forgiven him for the crime.

"Acid attack offenders do not deserve any clemency," Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa declared while hearing an application filed by convict Javed Iqbal, who approached the apex court with an appeal against the sentence he was awarded for throwing acid on a woman.

The lawyer for the petitioner informed the SC bench that the female victim of the acid attack had "forgiven" his client.

But Justice Khosa said that there could be no compromise in a case concerning an acid attack.

"The affected woman may well forgive [the convict], but the law cannot forgive an acid attack suspect," the top judge added.

He clarified that the law regarding acid attacks was "extremely strict", saying: "Burning someone with acid is a bigger crime than murder."

Justice Khosa said the petitioner had committed "extreme cruelty" by attacking the woman with acid.

He said the punishment for throwing acid was life imprisonment and that it was a "crime against the state".

"It is possible that the affected woman was threatened into going to the Supreme Court to give a statement [of forgiving the convict]," the chief justice observed.

"The law cannot forgive anyone who burns someone's face with acid," he concluded, rejecting the convict's plea for acquittal.

Posted by Fred 2019-07-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
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#1 That's probably why judges are attacked, even killed in Pakistain. In order to pass a judges exam, an individual goes through what is called 'education'. Jurisprudence, theories of justice and society, comparative sociology, criminal psychology. Any human mind going through that process has to travel far from the realm of rabid demagoguery that pervades Pakistani society. More power to the judge, I say.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-12 01:54|| 2019-07-12 01:54|| Front Page Top

#2 wonder if any on the court would consider immigrating here (legally of course)

Posted by Count Galeazzo Pelosi7345 2019-07-12 21:12|| 2019-07-12 21:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, how an 'eye for an eye" would be justified about now.

Posted by DooDahMan 2019-07-12 23:12|| 2019-07-12 23:12|| Front Page Top

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