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LHC upholds death sentences of motorway gang-rape convicts
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Lahore High Court (LHC) has dismissed the appeals filed by convicted offenders Abid Malhi and Shafqat Baga in the high-profile motorway gang-rape case.
- A two-member bench headed by Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi upheld the death sentences awarded to both convicts.
- The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had sentenced the offenders to death on March 20, 2021.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Lahore High Court (LHC) has dismissed the appeals filed by convicted offenders Abid Malhi and Shafqat Baga in the high-profile motorway gang-rape case.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi upheld the death sentences awarded to both convicts.
The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had sentenced the offenders to death on March 20, 2021. Subsequently, the convicts challenged the ATC verdict before the Lahore High Court on March 25, 2021.
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