Three convicts sentenced in separate murder cases in Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi: Additional District and Sessions Courts at the Judicial Complex in Rawalpindi have handed down verdicts in three separate murder cases, sentencing three convicts to different punishments.

According to the court decisions, the combined penalties awarded in the three cases included the death sentence, life imprisonment, and 12 years of rigorous imprisonment. The convicts were also ordered to pay Rs1.474 million as diyat and ars, Rs1.1 million in damages, Rs110,000 as surety, and fines totalling Rs60,000.

All three men had gone into hiding after committing the offences. They were later arrested by police, who also recovered the weapons used in the crimes.

Court orders in three separate cases

In its written judgment, the court directed that the two convicts who were awarded capital punishment be

hanged by the neck until dead.

The third convict was sentenced in a separate case and was among those given other punishments that included life imprisonment and 12 years of rigorous imprisonment across the three matters decided by the court.

The judgments also included financial penalties and compensation. Collectively, the accused in the three cases were ordered to pay Rs1.474 million as diyat and ars, which relates to compensation for bodily harm, along with Rs1.1 million in damages. In addition, Rs110,000 was set as surety and total fines of Rs60,000 were imposed.

Following the announcement of the sentences, all three convicts were shifted to Adiala Jail.

The cases were decided by the Additional District and Sessions Courts functioning at the Judicial Complex in Rawalpindi.

The development marks the conclusion of proceedings in the three cases at the trial court level, with the convicted men now lodged in Adiala Jail after the pronouncement of the verdicts.