Islamabad, September 14
The death sentence for Sarabjit Singh is “well deserved” and “warrants no leniency”, the Pakistan Supreme Court ruled while upholding the capital punishment on the Indian convicted for carrying out five bomb blasts in that country in 1990.
“The death sentence is well-deserved and he (Sarabjit, alias Manjeet) did not warrant any leniency,” said the detailed 27-page verdict authored by Justice Mohammad Nawaz Abbasi.
The judgement also took exception to the trial court for convicting him only on one count of terrorism “when he should have been convicted and sentenced separately for each murder in each case,” the local daily Dawn reported today.
On August 18, a two-member Bench of the apex court upheld the death sentence awarded to Sarabjit Singh dismissing his appeals on similar judgements of the Lahore High Court and the Anti-Terrorism Court.
Sarabjit, alias Manjeet, was convicted of carrying out five bomb blasts that left 14 persons killed and 89 injured.
His lawyer Abdul Hamid Rana said he had not yet received a copy of the detailed judgement and that he would file a review petition as soon as he got it.
— PTI
