Staff Report
RAWALPINDI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday awarded two times life imprisonment to five accused in a case of recovery of explosive material.
According to detail, the accused, Sher Hussian, Lal Din, Adnan, Malik Jan, and Rizwan Ullah, were found guilty of having illegal explosive material. A case was already registered against them in September 2018 with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Rawalpindi.
ATC Judge Hamid Hussain issued the verdict after recording evidence from the witnesses, followed by the final arguments from both sides.
ATC verdict
The honorable Judge awarded life imprisonment twice to the accused found guilty under section 4 of the Explosive Act,1908, and under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997.
The Court also sentenced 14 years of laborious imprisonment to the accused under section 5 of the Explosive Substance Act,1908. Their properties/assets would be stand fortified to the government under 5-A of the Explosive Substance Act-1908.
