ISLAMABAD — The Balochistan High Court on Tuesday accepted the provincial government's appeal against the acquittal of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) leader, former provincial lawmaker and Public Accounts Committee chairman Abdul Majeed Achakzai, sentencing him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the case involving the death of traffic sub-inspector Haji Ataullah.
The court also ordered him to pay blood money to the legal heirs of the deceased. According to the Balochistan High Court, a division bench comprising Justice Muhammad Aamir Nawaz Rana and Justice Abdul Qayyum Lehri heard the government's appeal against Achakzai's acquittal. The court accepted the appeal and set aside the acquittal verdict announced on September 4, 2020, by the Additional Sessions Judge-VI and Model Criminal Trial Court-II, Quetta.
The high court convicted Achakzai under Section 320 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) for causing the death of traffic sub-inspector Haji Ataullah, who was on duty, by running him over while driving recklessly and negligently at high speed. The court sentenced Achakzai to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and ordered him to pay blood money to the deceased's legal heirs. The high court directed the Additional Sessions Judge-VI, Quetta, to issue non-bailable arrest warrants for Achakzai, who is currently out on bail, for his immediate arrest and the implementation of the sentence.