A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench Monday dismissed petition filed by a convicted prisoner for stopping his execution.
The bench comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi heard the matter.
The convict Qaisar alias Billa in his petition submitted that Faisalabad Anti-Terrorism Court had awarded death penalty to him in a kidnapping and murder case registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
He said that the Apex Court had upheld his conviction but, later, the heirs of the deceased pardoned him.
The ATC accepted the pardon to the extent of murder charge and upheld death sentence in other charges, he added.
He contended that the pardon was also applicable on other charges since it had been accepted in the main offence. He pleaded the court to set aside the death warrants issued by ATC.
However, the prosecution opposed the request and submitted that the conviction awarded under Anti-Terrorism Act could not be absolved as a result of pardon by the heirs of the deceased.
The bench agreeing with arguments of prosecution dismissed the plea.