KARACHI: A Model Criminal Trial Court in Karachi East has sentenced police constable Shehryar to death and two other constables, Nasir Akbar and Faisal, to life imprisonment in the 2022 murder case of Aamir Hussain. The court also ordered all three convicts to pay Rs500,000 each in compensation to the victim’s heirs.According to the case record, Aamir was shot dead on December 27, 2022, after three police personnel chased him for allegedly failing to stop his motorcycle. He was reportedly in a hurry to collect water and medicine for his father from his brother’s house.The incident occurred after Aamir passed the Aladdin U-turn and continued towards Nauman Avenue. The police personnel pursued him into a residential building and opened fire near the parking area, leaving him fatally wounded.A case was registered on the complaint of his mother, Karima. A preliminary post-mortem report stated that Aamir had sustained two bullet wounds, one to the left side of his chest and another to his right foot. The chest injury proved fatal.The court found Shehryar guilty of directly firing at Aamir and sentenced him to death under Section 302(b) of the Pakistan Penal Code. Nasir Akbar and Faisal were sentenced to life imprisonment under Sections 302(b) and 34 of the PPC.The court observed that the two other police personnel were armed and in uniform at the scene, while noting that the incident had not been pre-planned and occurred during an attempt to stop the motorcycle.The death sentence has been referred to the Sindh High Court for confirmation. The court also ordered that failure to pay compensation would result in an additional six months of imprisonment for each of the two constables sentenced to life imprisonment.
