ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court, initiating action against fake witnesses, onWednesday summoned Muhammad Arshad, a resident of Sahiwal, involved inrecording false testimony in a murder case.
A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, directedCityPolice Officer (CPO) to make sure the appearance of the accused before thecourt on February 22.
The top court, while giving benefit of doubt to the accused in murdercase,acquitted Zoor Awar after passing seven years.
The Chief Justice observed that due to the fake witness Muhammad Arshad,”the accused had to spend seven years behind the bars, then why we shouldnot initiate this virtue by taking action against him.”
Justice Khosa remarked that “I am surprised that how trial court awardeddeath sentence and High Court converted it into life imprisonment, on thebasis of suchfake witnesses, whether lower courts are unable to testify the testimonies.”
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He said “volunteer who is the witness in the case is a witness of thepolice and got injuries on arm according to the FIR, then later that injurywas converted into fire.” Moreover, his medical was conducted afterpassing three days, he added.
The CJP observed that no one was hurt according to to 161 statements andall witnesses said that they never saw or listened any fire at that night.Despitethe fact, lower court awarded death sentence, which was shocking, he added.
Subsequently, the court summoning the alleged fake witness on February 22,passed the acquittal orders for Zoor Awar.
