Lahore, Feb. 20 (TNS): Culprit Imran Ali, who was convicted by an Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) last week for the rape and murder of 6-year-old Zainab, on Tuesday appealed to the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the verdict that handed him death penalty on four counts.
The appeal was submitted in the high court on Tuesday by jail officials in Ali’s name. In the appeal, the convict claims to be not guilty.
“The trial was conducted in haste and legal requirements were not fulfilled during the trial,” Ali said in his appeal while asking the court to overturn the ATC’s verdict.
The four death penalties were for kidnapping, raping and murdering Zainab, and for committing an act of terrorism punishable under Section 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act (ATA).
