ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court acquitted three men on Thursday after theirconviction in a terrorism case seven years ago.
Rehmatullah, Murad Ali and Abdul Rehman were sentenced for their allegedinvolvement in the killing of at least 12 bus passengers in Sibi in 2011.
Heading a three-member bench, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa observed that highcourts have a high level and wondered how such decisions by them can begiven value.
Justice Khosa lamented how the high court, without examining anything,upheld the trial court’s conviction.
The court observed further that the investigation, trial and subsequentdecisions burnt everything to ashes, adding that the prosecution had failedto establish a case against the suspects.
The court then dismissed the high court order which had upheld thesuspects’ death sentences and life-terms, noting that they are beingexonerated by giving them a benefit of doubt.
In April 2011, around 15 people were said to have been killed whenunidentified men set fire to a parked bus on the National Highway nearSibi. Police and paramilitary forces had claimed to have arrested threesuspects in raids after the incident.