ISLAMABAD — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the five-year sentencefor a law student for trying to kill his classmate in Lahore three yearsago.
On Wednesday, a three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan(CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa, took up Khadija Siddiqi’s petition challenging theacquittal of her fellow student, Shah Hussain.
In 2018, a judicial magistrate sentenced Hussain to seven-yearimprisonment. However, the same year in March, a sessions court shortenedhis jail term from seven years to five years. The Lahore High Court (LHC)had acquitted Hussain after which Siddiqui filed an appeal in the SC.
During the hearing today, Siddiqi, who arrived earlier from United Kingdom,and her sister appeared before the court. The CJP asked why Hussain wasnamed as the stabber after five days since the accident. Siddiqi’s lawyerreplied that his client was in critical condition and could not record herstatements, local media reported.
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The bench asked that Siddiqi’s sister was conscious then why was Hussainnamed in the case after a delay. When the CJP inquired about the victim’swounds, her counsel replied that 12 of Siddiqi’s wounds were twocentimeters deep.
Shah Hussain was taken into the custody by police shortly after the SC’sverdict.
