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| SC adjourns appeal against Lahori's acquittal |
| 2007-08-01 |
| A bench of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan put off on Tuesday the hearing of the State’s appeal against the acquittal of Mian Muhammad Ajmal alias Akram Lahori, the alleged chief of his own faction of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. The bench comprised Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi and Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad. When the appeal, challenging the order of an Anti-Terrorism Appellate Bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) was brought up, the bench questioned why Police Constable Shamim, who was the most important eyewitness (EW), had not been examined and the prosecution had relied on chance witnesses who were stated to be EWs. The judge also enquired about the findings of the trial court that had also recorded the acquittal of the accused Lahori. The counsel appearing for the State was going through police papers to answer the questions when the bench decided to adjourn the hearing of the appeal till the next session with the observation that, “This is not an ordinary case”. |
| Posted by:Fred |