Former MPA Abdul Majeed Achakzai Sentenced to 10 Years in Traffic Sub-Inspector Death Case
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court has sentenced former MPA Abdul Majeed Achakzai to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the case relating to the death of a traffic sub-inspector.
According to a private TV channel, a bench comprising Justice Muhammad Amir Nawaz Rana and Justice Abdul Qayyum Lehri heard the case. The court announced its verdict on an appeal against Achakzai’s acquittal in the death case of Sub-Inspector Ata Ullah.
The court set aside the acquittal order issued by the Additional Sessions Judge on September 4, 2020.
Achakzai, a leader of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and a former provincial assembly member, was declared guilty under Section 320 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The High Court directed Achakzai to pay diyat, the blood money, to the legal heirs of the deceased. It has also ordered the issuance of non-bailable arrest warrants and his immediate arrest and dispatch to jail.
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