Actress Sangam Rana's murder suspects walk free after mother 'forgives' them
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A Lahore sessions court on Saturday acquitted all three accused in stage actress Sangam Rana's murder case after the victim's mother forgave them in the court.
In December 2015, after Sangam was found dead at her residence, police had suspected foul play and treated it as a murder case despite her relatives insisting that she had committed suicide.
Days later, the deceased's mother, Sughran Bibi, had filed an application alleging that her daughter was murdered and that her death was being portrayed as suicide to mislead the police.
However, Sughra Bibi today pardoned Akash Ramzan, Usman and Amna Bibi — the three accused in the case — following which the additional sessions judge passed the order of their acquittal.
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Oct 27, 2018 03:12pm
Strange...
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Oct 27, 2018 03:27pm
Above all money matters a lot. Pity.
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Oct 27, 2018 03:33pm
A very wrong practice to forgive criminals. No justice for the lady in this case.
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Oct 27, 2018 04:16pm
Even if the survivors forgive, murder still is a crime and must be punished for, by the state. Forgiveness gives courage and hope to others who intend to go down this road.
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Oct 27, 2018 04:42pm
This forgiveness, has a heavy price tag. A woman 's life was taken and mother was so generous as to forgive everyone. !
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Oct 27, 2018 04:53pm
How a pardon from deceased relative can free criminals of all crimes they committed. Criminals become burden on state and state must decide their fate not the relatives.
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Oct 27, 2018 05:14pm
Strange that the court does not pursue due process of the law in holding a trial, convicting and sentencing the criminals. Mother forgives??? But what would the victim have to say to her violent murder and the murderers?
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Oct 27, 2018 05:32pm
It should not be up to the mother.
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Oct 27, 2018 05:36pm
its system failure, which pops up its failure states every day, paying for justice in terms of time and money is itself a big pain, and one more thing suo motto is not a solution, do we expect another for it.
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Oct 27, 2018 05:43pm
Forgiveness by loved ones is a personal matter; why the state will not punish criminals for crimes which are as serious as murder!
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Oct 27, 2018 05:45pm
criminal case such as this is considered to be committed against the state and in such cases State infers to be the prosecuting party. Then how come the court release convicts soon after victim family's pardon.
why the State does not prosecute case later on?
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Oct 27, 2018 06:07pm
Where is the State in all of this? The State prosecutes crimes not just the relatives of the deceased. What happens if the deceased does not have relatives?
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Oct 27, 2018 06:47pm
There should be a ban on pardon in cases involving minors, old people, women.
Murdered people who have have no relatives or are vop
Very poor should be tried on behalf of the state.
No pardons.
It should be assumed that if someone is slain then the murderer is there and cases should not be closed till state finds them and punishes them.
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Oct 28, 2018 09:05am
No where in the world you would find such excellent laws.
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Oct 28, 2018 10:03am
She is not a victim, how can she forgive a crime, which is not done to her?
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Oct 28, 2018 10:04am
What is her authority?
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Oct 28, 2018 02:31pm
smells fishy...
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