The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted the main accused, Rafaqat Ali, in the murder case of Mirza Mubashir Baig after 13 years.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Sardar Tariq Masood heard the case pertaining to Ali, who was arrested in 2009 on murder charges, along with two other co-accused.
During the hearing, his lawyer Ayesha Tasneem informed the bench that a trial court has acquitted the two co-accused.
“There are no witnesses to the murder,” she said.
The court maintained that “the main accused cannot be convicted on evidence on which the co-accused were acquitted.”
It is pertinent to note that the SC acquitted Ali based on lack of evidence.
