The top court in June had reject­ed Mai’s appeal agains­t the acquit­tal of 13 people accuse­d in her gang-rapeISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a detailed written judgement regarding the rejection of review appeal filed by Mukhtaran Mai against the acquittal of 13 people accused in the gang-rape case. A three-member SC bench in June this year headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed had announced the verdict. In March 2005, five convicts were acquitted by a Lahore High Court bench while one’s sentence was converted into life imprisonment. Mai filed a review petition against the judgment in May 2011. In her review petition, Mai has pleaded that the court should review and recall the judgment and grant relief as prayed in the appeal.

Source: The Express Tribune July 17, 2019 09:11 UTC