After 14 years in unjust confinement, 'murder convict' to walk free
Shaukat was accused of murdering a man in 2003, for which he was sentenced to life by a trial court
Published October 10, 2017
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a man 14 years after he was wrongfully convicted of murder in Karachi's Korangi area.
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, heading the three-member bench hearing the case, observed that the prosecution failed to prove their case.
Shaukat was accused of murdering a man named Sagheer in 2003, for which he was sentenced to life by a trial court.
The Sindh High Court also upheld the sentence after Shaukat filed an appeal.
On February 2, the Lahore High Court gave release orders for a man accused of murder three years after his death in a jail.
Syed Rasool was accused of killing a man named Baati in 2009.
The court, citing incomplete evidence and questionable method of investigation, ordered a letter of acquittal to be sent to his house.
The court had asked to provide a lawyer for Syed Rasool after he expressed his inability to pay for one due to poverty.
Rasool’s family members informed the high court that he had died of a heart attack in 2014 during his detention.
