ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday declared a man innocent of murder and allowed him to be released from prison, twenty-four years after spending time in jail.
According to details, a trial court had sentenced a suspect to death for his alleged involvement in a murder that took place in Kasur in 1992. The High Court had also upheld the death sentence.
A three-member bench presided by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa conducted the proceedings of the case and found the suspect to be innocent of the murder. The Supreme Court stated that the evidence presented by the prosecution against the accused was not sufficient since the pistol presented at the trial did not belong to him.
Mazhar Farooq, the accused, was ordered to be released by the apex court.
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