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Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Syed Deedar Hussain Shah, Mian Muhammad Ajmal Title: GHULAM QASIM KHAN vs SHAUKAT ABBAS and another Case No.: Criminal Petition No,530-L of 2001 Criminal Appeal No,146 of 1998 Date of Judgment:2002-03-12 Reported As: 2002 SCMR 1179 Result: Leave granted

Judgment ORDER Contends that the High Court after holding that the prosecution has proved its case against respondent No,1, altered the sentence of death to life imprisonment without any justification as there was no mitigating circumstance for alteration of sentence. 2. Leave is granted to consider the quantum of sentence of respondent No,1 who shall not be released from jail till the decision of the appeal.

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