• Perpetrators must be treated with Iron Hand, Bench tells the authorities
• They dismiss the appeal against the end of life for the man who killed his wife
Karachi: The Senndh Superior Court has expressed concern about the murder of innocent people on behalf of the so -called honor and ordered the State to stop this “unbiliar, barbaric and abominable practice” and treated severely.
By describing the honor killing a severe type of domestic violence, a single SHC bank said that this practice increased breathlessly with every day that passed and there was a great need to stop him immediately “before he gets out of control and creates a total anarchy in society.”
Judge Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro del SHC declared that the crime of “Karo-Kari” had been declared as FASAD FIL ARZ (Travesura on Earth), which is a serious crime under Islamic teachings and described as disobedience to God. “So to avoid FASAD On earth, perpetrators must be treated with iron, ”said the court.
“Honor murder has stained society where women are not even entitled to demonstrate their innocence against false positions of developing illegal relationships,” he added.
The bank made these observations while dismissed an appeal against the life of a man who killed his wife in the name of the so -called honor.
A session court had sentenced Ghulam Mustafa to life imprisonment in September last year to kill his wife under the pretext of honor in Kashmore in April 2023.
In addition to maintaining the life of the appellant, the SHC also sentenced it to 14 years in prison for ‘Karo-Kari’ and ruled that both sentences would be executed consecutively since the nature of the offense was horrible and cruel.
The bank in his order pointed out that the reason behind the murder was the so -called “Karo Kari” practice and the reason for the growing tendency of such crimes was the lack of responsibility.
“The practice of taking the law in their hands by citizens is becoming increasingly common these days. In this part of the world, thousands of innocent people are being killed every year in the name of family honor for the weak land of the suspicion of ‘Karo-Kari’,” wrote the judge in the verdict.
He declared: “It is even observed that to solve the dozens of enmity with the rival man, the woman is killed and said person is also killed without reasons and then the male members of the community feel together and conduct a Faisla Declaring that, since the murder promised to save the honor, therefore, the author must not face its consequences through the punishment by the Court of Justice.
“Islamic kaw under any Fiqah It does not allow any citizen to take the law in their own hands and force the State to protect the life and freedom of each citizen and severely punish the person who does it, ”said the judge.
“This uncivilized, barbaric and abominable practice must stop immediately before it comes out of control and creates a total anarchy in society. Under the Islamic teachings the FASAD FIL ARZ It has been treated as a serious crime and has been described as disobedience to God, to avoid FASAD On earth, perpetrators must be treated with iron hands, ”he said.
Regarding the merits of the appeal, the bank observed that the Court of First Instance had condemned the appellant for a single murder position under section 302 (b) Read with section 311 (Ta’zir after the exemption or the composed of the right of Qatl-i-Amd) of the Pakistan Criminal Code for the prison of life as Ta’zir.
However, the position on the crime of “Karo-I-Kari ‘, which has been declared as FASAD FIL ARZIt was framed separately since it was a crime in addition to the murder. “Therefore, the sentence for crime must be registered separately and cannot be aggravated or resigned,” the bank ruled.
“The Qatl-I-AMD sentence was granted by the murder position, while the sentence under section 311 PPC was granted by disseminating FASAD In the land and the Prosecutor’s Office has established the fault of those accused for the position of both crimes in the present case, ”he said, condemning the appellant.
“The appellant in the given circumstance is also convicted and convicted of the position of punishable crime under section 311 PPC to submit to rigorous imprisonment for 14 years and the conviction and sentence granted by the Court of First Instance for the position of punishable crime under section 302 is maintained.
Posted in Dawn, May 14, 2025
