The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday rejected a review petition filed by a life sentence convict Akhtar Saleem seeking his acquittal in a case of murdering two brothers.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel heard the review petition.

The trial court sentenced Salim Akhtar and Fazal Rabi to life imprisonment over murder of two brothers. The high court acquitted both the accused. Later, the Supreme Court awarded life imprisonment to Akhtar Saleem while Fazal Rabi was acquitted.

The Chief Justice said the court had given maximum relief to the accused in this case. The counsel for the accused said in this case, the name of the weapon is not mentioned in FIR.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019