LIFE SENTENCE: A local court in Bahawalnagar on Thursday sentenced a man and his son to life imprisonment besides imposing a fine for shooting his wife to death for not having a child in the Takhat Mahal police precincts on April 1, 2024.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Shabbir also imposed a fine of Rs0.5 million as damages on suspect Manzoor and his son Ali Irfan.

According to the FIR registered under sections 302, 324, 311, 337A and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), Manzoor killed his 45-year-old second wife Naseem Bibi with the help of his son Ali Irfan while hitting her with a chaff cutter and firing gunshots on her for not having children despite 20 years of marriage and later managed his escape. Police arrested the suspect after a two-week hunt.

Later during the trial, the prosecution produced substantial evidence against the accused, which established the involvement of Manzoor and his son in the murder of woman and subsequently sentenced the convict to life imprisonment.

Source: Dawn