PESHAWAR – The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has released at least 74 convictsof the Military Courts sentenced to life imprisonment and other punishments.
PHC ordered the release of 74 convicts sentenced by military courts fortheir involvement in various terrorism cases after the charges against themcould not be proved.
A two-member bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Waqar AhmadSeth and Justice Lal Jan Khattak overturned the death and life sentencesthat were handed to the convicts.
Accepting the appeals of the convicts against the decisions of the militarycourts, the PHC overturned their sentences and ordered their release afterobserving that the charges against the accused had not been proven.
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Nearly 50 of the convicts had been sentenced to death while the rest wereserving jail terms.
