SHC retains ATC’s verdict of Rangers man’s death penalty

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The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday retained the death sentence of Rangers personnel Shahid Zafar and rejected the appeals filed by accused Rangers personnel against their respective convictions in the Sarfaraz Shah Murder case by an anti-terrorist court.

Moreover, the SHC acquitted another accused Lance Naik Liaquat Ali.

The court also rejected the compromise agreement of the victim’s family forgiving all of the convicts in the name of God.

On May 30, 2013, the SHC had reserved its ruling on the appeals filed by the accused against their convictions.

Sarfraz Shah was shot at and then left to die inside the ShaheedBenazirBhuttoPark in Karachi’s Clifton area on June 8, 2011.

The fatal shooting was filmed by a cameraman and broadcasted on television, sparking a public backlash over the brutality of trained officers.

Sub-Inspector Bahaur Rehman, Lance Naik Liaquat Ali, Constables Mohammad Tariq, Manthar Ali, Shahid Zafar and Afzal Khan of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, and a private contractor, Afsar Khan, were tried in the case.

The anti-terrorist court on Aug 12, 2011 had sentenced Shahid Zafar to death, first time that a civilian court in Pakistan sentenced to death a serving member of the military and handed life terms to five other paramilitary soldiers and a civilian who had accused Shah of robbery and dragged him over to them.