STATE versus MUHAMMAD SHAFIQ
The High Court affirmed the High Court's remand before a General Court of Pakistan Penal Code Section 302 Anti Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), Sections 6 and 7 of Pakistan (1973), Article 185 (3). Was placed The Special Judge, Anti-Terrorism Court, conducted the trial in a general court on the ground that the murder took place in a deserted place due to personal enmity which had nothing to do with Sections 6 and 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. ? It is not necessary to bring this matter under the purview of the said Act that the commission of murder should have created panic among the people. The courts just have to see if there is any movement of terrorism that tends to create a feeling of fear or insecurity in the minds of people or any section of society. There was no need to carry it out so that it could be brought into the compass of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. It was to see that people's minds had a psychological effect, where fear and insecurity were triggered by a barbaric and delusional act, which would in turn lead to the aforementioned murder case. The body of the victim was completely burned and the bones of both hands and arms were burned by the accused spraying petrol on the victim's person as well as his firing, and the bones of both hands and arms were burned. Apart from the acute pain and difficulty in breathing, arm injury when brought to his residence for last rites, the deceased's charred body is certainly a source of surprise, fear and insecurity in the people around him. Which is wild and funny to look at
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