Bringing an end to a 20-year long case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of Asma Nawab, accused of murdering her parents and brother.
In 1998, Asma Nawab was alleged to have orchestrated the murder of her family members over an affair.
The apex court accepted appeals against death sentences of Asma Nawab and two co-accused— Muhammad Farhan Khan and Javed Ahmed Siddqui— and ordered an immediate release.
The court termed the proof to be insufficient and the evidence misleading in the case.
It further found that the weapons recovered had no connection to the case.
It was established that the fingerprints of one of the accused, Farhan were taken in the absence of a magistrate two days after the incident.
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa in his remarks stated that police arrests the culprits in their own way but if they fail to prove the evidence in court the charge stands void.
The accused have been in jail for 20 years, and have already been given punishment without evidence.
The sessions court had announced two death sentences for Asma Nawab, Farhan and Javed in 1999, while Sindh High Court dismissed culprit’s application against punishment in 2015.
