Post by sclcookie on May 30, 2006 11:07:32 GMT -5
Petition for deferral of hanged man's execution sent to CJ
A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has sent an application
for the suspension of the execution of a condemned prisoner to the LHC
chief justice (CJ) to allocate to another bench for hearing.
The division bench consisting of Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam and Justice
Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi referred the application to the chief justice on
Monday.
The prisoner, Asghar Ali, was hanged on May 17.
A single-judge bench consisting of Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi had
admitted the petition for hearing on May 16, and had issued notice to the
Punjab home secretary and the Faisalabad Jail superintendent to respond to
the petition. The bench had also directed an additional advocate general
to inform the respondents of the petition on the telephone and through
special messenger, and had scheduled the case for hearing before a
division bench on May 24. However, Ali's execution went ahead.
The petitioner's counsel MD Tahir had said that negotiations between Ali
and the family of the man that he had been found guilty of murdering were
in progress and were likely to succeed. He had sought the suspension of
the execution until the outcome of the negotiations.
Following Ali's hanging, Tahir filed another petition with the LHC asking
why he had been hanged despite the court's orders to the home secretary
and the Faisalabad Jail on May 16 allowing time for a compromise between
Alis family and the aggrieved party.
Tahir said that he had filed a petition on May 13 seeking a stay against
Ali's execution, which had been scheduled for May 18. He said that he had
also submitted affidavits of 26 people as evidence that a compromise had
been underway.
He said that the single bench's order had not been obeyed "in its true
spirit" and the accused had been hanged on May 17, while the hearing of
the petition seeking a stay on his execution had been scheduled for May
24.
Earlier, the LHC had thrice rejected the petition seeking a clarification
of its orders on grounds that it was not maintainable.
(source: Daily Times)
A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has sent an application
for the suspension of the execution of a condemned prisoner to the LHC
chief justice (CJ) to allocate to another bench for hearing.
The division bench consisting of Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam and Justice
Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi referred the application to the chief justice on
Monday.
The prisoner, Asghar Ali, was hanged on May 17.
A single-judge bench consisting of Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi had
admitted the petition for hearing on May 16, and had issued notice to the
Punjab home secretary and the Faisalabad Jail superintendent to respond to
the petition. The bench had also directed an additional advocate general
to inform the respondents of the petition on the telephone and through
special messenger, and had scheduled the case for hearing before a
division bench on May 24. However, Ali's execution went ahead.
The petitioner's counsel MD Tahir had said that negotiations between Ali
and the family of the man that he had been found guilty of murdering were
in progress and were likely to succeed. He had sought the suspension of
the execution until the outcome of the negotiations.
Following Ali's hanging, Tahir filed another petition with the LHC asking
why he had been hanged despite the court's orders to the home secretary
and the Faisalabad Jail on May 16 allowing time for a compromise between
Alis family and the aggrieved party.
Tahir said that he had filed a petition on May 13 seeking a stay against
Ali's execution, which had been scheduled for May 18. He said that he had
also submitted affidavits of 26 people as evidence that a compromise had
been underway.
He said that the single bench's order had not been obeyed "in its true
spirit" and the accused had been hanged on May 17, while the hearing of
the petition seeking a stay on his execution had been scheduled for May
24.
Earlier, the LHC had thrice rejected the petition seeking a clarification
of its orders on grounds that it was not maintainable.
(source: Daily Times)