LAHORE: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has revoked the punishments awarded to Shahrukh Khan Jatoi and three others in the Shahzeb Khan murder case.
After hearing a criminal review application filed by Shahrukh Jatoi’s lawyer, Advocate Farooq H. Naek, the SHC ordered a re-trial of the case in a sessions court.
Twenty-year-old Shahzeb was gunned down in Karachi on December 24, 2012 after a heated argument with one of Jatoi’s servants; who had harassed his sister.
Shahruk Jatoi and Siraj Talpur were awarded with a death penalty for Shahzeb’s murder by an accountability court (ATC) in 2013.
In today’s hearing, Jatoi’s lawyer urged the court to order a retrial of the case in a juvenile court arguing that his client was a juvenile[teenager] at the time of the murder.
The case cannot be trialed under the anti terrorism laws as Shahzeb’s murder was the result of a personal enmity, Farooq argued
“Section 6 of Anti-Terrorism Act was misapplied by the police,” he added.
After hearing the arguments, court decided on a fresh trial of the case in sessions court and revoked the punishments previously handed to the accused.
