ISLAMABAD - A Division Bench (DB) of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday granted stay in the execution of capital punishment to Raees Ahmad, a convict of triple-murder, after his counsel adopted before the court that a settlement is being struck between his client and the victim family.
The IHC dual bench comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Aamir Farooq stayed the execution of death sentence to the triple murder convict and directed the counsel to produce the compromise deed before the court till March 30 and deferred the proceedings in this matter till then.
Presently, the convict Raees Ahmad is imprisoned at Adiala Jail Rawalpindi and he was scheduled to be hanged on the morning of March 27 (today).
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) awarded death penalty to him in 1999 for charges of triple murder.
Raees Ahmed of Bara Kaho was awarded death sentence by a local court in 1999 for triple-murder.
Later he had filed appeals against the sentence that were dismissed by the high court and Supreme Court of Pakistan.
His brother and father were also awarded sentence of imprisonment and they died inside the jail while serving the sentence.
The counsel for Raees appeared before the IHC dual bench and informed the court that a settlement is being struck with the victim family.
Therefore, he requested the court to issue directions to halt the execution of death sentence to his client.
After hearing the arguments, the division bench stayed the execution and adjourned the hearing in this matter till March 30 for further proceedings.
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