KARACHI: An antiterrorism court sentenced on Thursday a man to life in prison in a kidnapping for ransom case.

The court found Bilal guilty of abducting minor boy Umar in 2014 in Khawaja Ajmer Nagri and demanding ransom for his safe release.

However, the court exonerated co-accused Imran for lack of evidence.

The ATC-IX judge, Abdul Latif Golo, pronounced the judgement after recording evidence of witnesses and concluding arguments from both sides.

A case was registered under Section 365-A (kidnapping to extort property, etc) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.