SC annuls death sentence for Wah Cantt suicide attack suspect

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has annulled the death sentence Hameedullah convicted in the 2008 Wah Cantt suicide attack case.

A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Athar Minallah, accepted Hameedullah’s appeal, declaring the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench verdict null and void.

Hamidullah’s lawyer said that Hameedullah was falsely accused in Wah Cantt incident, Hameedullah was arrested from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formally known as Federally Administered Tribal Areas(FATA) while the FIR was registered after 20 minutes, how is it possible that Wah Cantt incident took place and the accused was arrested from FATA in 20 minutes.

The court accepted the appeal against the death sentence of the suspect Hameedullah and annulled the decision of the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench.

The Supreme Court, while announcing the release of the suspect Hameedullah on the basis of flawed investigation, said that the detailed decision of the case would be issued later.

It should be remembered that the Rawalpindi Bench of Lahore High Court had given the death sentence to Hameedullah, the criminal in the case, while Hameedullah, the criminal involved in the Wah Cantt attack, was arrested in 2008.