The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday revoked death sentences for two accused in a case pertaining to the attack on former president Pervez Musharraf. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry had reserved the verdict in the case on February 28 against the procedure adopted by a military court to enhance the sentence on Rana Naveed and Amir Sohail who were convicted for their role in the suicide attack. However, the apex court maintained Rana Naveed’s life imprisonment and Amir Sohail’s 20 year imprisonment sentences. Field General Court Martial (FGCM) on July 21, 2005 had awarded the sentence to the two accused of the case. Naveed was awarded life imprisonment, whereas Sohail was awarded 20-year incarceration. But later Rana Naveed and Amir Sohail were sentenced to death by a military court on December 8, 2005.
This is exactly the reason why, convicts and dacoits roam free in our society. This revoking of the sentences is not because the accused are innocent; Its because of some some stupid fault in the procedure, like not providing copies etc etc. It also comes after the judgement was initially reserved ! Smell a rat. I do !
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One penal code, or two ???
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