Altaf Hamid Rao:
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : Additional District Criminal Court, Mirpur (Azad Jammu Kashmir) has convicted and awarded capital punishment to one Muhammad Sideeque s/o Khan Zaman (Pathan) R/o Nowshehra (KPK) under murder charges under section 302/34 APC for assassinating his co-villager Tahir Ali Shah s/o Rehmat Khan Pathan R/o Tehsil & District Noshehra (KPK) in Mian Muhammad town adjoining locality of Mirpur city about four years ago.
The learned court convicted the murderer in the case titled ‘’State through Waseem Nawaz Sub Inspector / SHO, New City Police Station Mirpur (TIME) v/s Muhammad Sideeque s/o Khan Zaman of Noshera District (KPK)”.
The court also sentenced the accused another 03 years imprisonment under section 201 APC. The learned Additional District Criminal court also awarded 02 years imprisonment with a fine for Rs. 10 thousand in offence under section 15 (2) A. The accused will have to go to three months imprisonment in case of non payment of the fine, the court order said. All the sentences will commence simultaneously in District Jail Mirpur AJK, the learned court ordered.
According to the prosecution, the accused Muhammad Sideeque s/o Khan Zaman of Noshera District (KPK) had injured one Tahir Ali Shah s/o Rehmat Khan Pathan R/o Tehsil & District Noshehra (KPK) at Ban Khurma area of New City Police station on September 24, 2020. The injured Tahir Ali Shah later succumbed to serious injuries.
The investigations were later conducted by the SHO – Sub Inspector Wasim Nawaz (now SHO Inspector Palandri (AJK) after registration of case under section 324 / 337 AF – APC in the New City Police station.