PESHAWAR: A court here on Thursday convicted a man of killing a young college student and injuring a bank officer around three years ago and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with Rs1 million fine.
Additional sessions judge Imtiaz Ali declared after the conclusion of the trial that the prosecutionhad provedits case against the accused Allah Jan and the evidence on record connected him with the commission of the offence.
The court declared two brothers named in the case, including Mohammad Islam Khan and Jan Mohammad, of Rashid Garhi area, proclaimed offenders andissued perpetual arrest warrants for them.
The accused was convicted and sentenced on two counts.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the student’s murder and was also sentenced to 10-year rigorous imprisonment for injuring the bank officer.
Convict Allah Jan was accused of killing a student of BS botany (final semester) of Science Superior College, Danyal Zeb, and injuring hisuncle, Jehangir Khan, who is a manager in the Bank of Khyber, at their hujra in Mohmandabad area on August 10, 2023.
The FIR of the incident was registered at the Agha Mir Jani Shah Yakatoot police station, wherein the three accused persons had been charged.
The deceased was a grandson of senior journalist Hazrat Khan and son of assignment editor of a private TV channel Jehanzeb Khan.
The convict remained in hiding for around 20 days before approaching the court for prearrest bail.
He was granted interim prearrest bail on Aug 29, 2023, which was not confirmed afterward. He was arrested in the courtroom on Sept 13, 2023.
Advocate Hussain Ali appeared for the complainant and said that the accused facing trial was directly named in the case for the commission of the offence.
He argued that the prosecution witnesses had clearly deposed against the accused and their testimony was in accordance with the prosecution version of the occurrence.
The lawyer added that the accused had killed a young student, so he didn’t deserve leniency.