SC upholds 7-year sentence for Shah Hussain in Khadija Siddiqui stabbing case

In Khudija Siddiqui stabbing case Supreme Court has convicted young law student Shah Hussain, son of a lawyer, for attempted murder upholding 7-year jail term given by the trial court. Accused taken in custody from apex court for lodging him to jail.

SC overturns the decision by High Court to exonerate Shah Hussain in the case for stabbing Khadija Siddiqui 23 times. The SC upheld the decision of the trial court sentencing Shah Hussain to 7 years in prison.

Khudija Siddiqui accused Shah Hussain of attacking her on May 3, 2016, near Shimla Hill where she, along with her driver, had gone to pick up her younger sister from school.

Both the sisters were about to get into their car when a helmet-wearing Hussain allegedly attacked Siddiqui with a knife and stabbed her 23 times leaving her critically injured.

It was last year in June when Shah Hussain was acquitted by the Lahore High Court (LHC), after which Siddiqui filed an appeal with the top court.

A three-member bench of the SC, headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa heard the case.

After hearing arguments from both sides on Wednesday, accepted Siddiqui’s appeal and declared LHC’s verdict decision null and void.