Illicit weapons case: Activist condemned to 14 years in jail
KARACHI:Â An anti-terrorism justice (ATC) condemned on Saturday a domestic romantic to 14 years in jail after anticipating him guilty of possession of unlawful weapons and bomb element with a vigilant to means damage.
The convict, Sher Hakeem, believed to be a workman of Awami National Party, was arrested in September, 2013, during a law coercion agencies’ operation in Quaidabad area and an unlawful pistol and palm grenade were also found in his possession.
The ATC-IX decider awarded him 14 years in jail for gripping explosives with him and 7 years for possession of bootleg weapons.
However, a justice extended to him a advantage from a Code of Criminal Procedure to let both a sentences run concurrently.
The cases were purebred underneath Section 23(1)a of a Sindh Arms Act and Sections 4 and 5 of a Explosives Substances Act, review with Section 7 of a Anti-Terrorism Act.
Published in The Express Tribune, Jan 23rd, 2017.
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