The Lahore High Court here Thursday converted death sentence of a murder accused Imtiaz Ahmad for killing one Ikram into life-imprisonment due to difference in witnesses' statements.
Appellant Imtiaz Ahmad through his counsel argued that he was not present on the place of occurrence and was implicated only on the basis of differences with the complainant party. The medical reports and witnesses' statements were also contradictory which proved that the convict was not involved in the murder.
The trial court had ignored the facts while awarding death sentence to his client, said the counsel.
A prosecutor, however, opposed his arguments saying that the pistol used in committing the murder was recovered from the appellant's custody.
He said the appellant had also confessed during the investigation that he was involved in the murder.
In 2010, a trial court awarded death sentence to Imtiaz Ahmad for killing Ikram.
The court after hearing both the sides, converted death sentence of Imtiaz into life imprisonment.