ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (APP):The Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted Umar Adeel a 20-time death sentence convict involved in RA Bazar Rawalpindi suicide blast case. Umar Adeel Khan was accused of assisting suicide bomber. A suicide blast on a bus in Rawalpindi in 2007, killed 20 people and injured 36. The trial court awarded 20-time death sentence while the Lahore High Court maintained the trial court verdict. A three-member bench of …
SC acquits 20-times death sentence convict involved in Rawalpindi suicide blast case
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (APP):The Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted Umar Adeel a 20-time death sentence convict involved in RA Bazar Rawalpindi suicide blast case.
Umar Adeel Khan was accused of assisting suicide bomber. A suicide blast on a bus in Rawalpindi in 2007, killed 20 people and injured 36.
The trial court awarded 20-time death sentence while the Lahore High Court maintained the trial court verdict.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa heard the case through videolink from SC Lahore Registry.
During the course of proceedings, the state prosecutor said that it was not a normal blast as it was a targeted bomb blast. Three people came in a car, one entered the bus while two others returned to the car, he added.
