Former session judge sentenced to death over murder charges

Former session judge sentenced to death over murder charges

KARACHI - A former sessions judge Sikandar Lashari has been sentenced to death on Saturday in a murder case.

According to reports, the former district and sessions judge (Mithi) had been charged with murdering the 19-year-old son of Jacobabad district and sessions judge in February 2014.

Lashari had been serving a prison sentence in Hyderabad jail and was presented before the ATC today.

During the hearing today, the ATC judge sentence Lashari to death. The second accused in the case, Irfan Bengali, was also awarded a death sentence