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PHC questions FIR in PECA case
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has issued notices to the federal government and other relevant authorities, seeking a response regarding the registration of an FIR against a local lawyer under the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). A two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Abdul Fayyaz heard the case. During the proceedings, Justice Syed Arshad Ali questioned the legal basis of the FIR, remarking, "How can the police r…
The Penal Code provides for four different types of punishment, namely imprisonment, imprisonment, fine and disqualification, which may, in turn, be regarded as principal or accessory to the offence in question, whereas they are accessory when they may be imposed at the time of sentencing, even if they are not expressly provided for in the offence in question.
PHC upholds convict’s death penalty
A lawyer walks past in front of the Peshawar High Court building. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence of a convict, who had murdered one of his paternal aunts and injured the other in Yar Hussain, Swabi, over a property dispute.The...
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