riots<\/a> that followed Imran\u2019s arrest on May 9 last year.<\/p>\nThe Rahwali Cantt police had registered a case against suspects involved in an attack on the cantonment in Gujranwala in which dozens of people were injured and one person was killed.<\/p>\n
At the time, Senior Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Usman Tariq Butt had also received injuries. The first information report was registered under the anti-terrorism law as well as on the charges of attempted murder.<\/p>\n
The sentence was announced today by ATC Judge Natasha Naseem Sipra. As per a warrant of commitment on sentence of the convicts, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com<\/em>, the rioters were charged according to the following terms:<\/p>\n\n- \n
rigorous imprisonment for five years and a Rs10,000 fine, with simple imprisonment of a further 10 days in case of default under Section 6(2i) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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rigorous imprisonment for five years and a Rs10,000 fine, with simple imprisonment of a further 10 days in case of default under Section 6(2m) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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rigorous imprisonment for five years and a Rs10,000 fine, with simple imprisonment of a further 10 days in case of default under Section 6(2n) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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rigorous imprisonment for one year under Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) Section 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapon).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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rigorous imprisonment for one year under PPC Section 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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rigorous imprisonment for one year under PPC Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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rigorous imprisonment for one year under PPC Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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rigorous imprisonment for one year under PPC Section 427 (mischief causing damage amounting to Rs50).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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rigorous imprisonment for one year under PPC Section 431 (mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The warrant said the sentences would run concurrently and the convicts would be entitled to the benefit of Section 382-B of the Criminal Procedure Code, which says that the period of detention of a prisoner has to be considered in the prison term when a person is convicted by a trial court.<\/p>\n
The application of the above section means that the detention periods served so far will also be counted as a part of the prison terms announced and thus subtracted from the highest term of five years.<\/p>\n
The warrant authorised the superintendent of Central Jail Gujranwala to receive the convicts in his custody and execute the sentences in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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