19/08/2026
2026 SCMR 480
Qatl-i-amd---
Compounding of offence---Legal heirs resiling from their statements---Accused was convicted by Trial Court and sentenced to death---Legal heirs of deceased made statements before Trial Court regarding compounding of the offence but subsequently they resiled from their statements---Validity---Legal heirs did not challenge before High Court, the statements of compromise recorded by Trial Court---Once the statements were made before Trial Court, the matter had become concluded and the legal heirs could not retract their statements later on---Accused was sentenced to death by Trial Court, who had spent approximately 10 ½ years in a death cell---All legal heirs of deceased had submitted affidavits to Trial Court and had also testified that they had forgiven the accused in the name of the Almighty Allah without receiving any compensation and that they had no objection to the acquittal of accused---Supreme Court altered sentence awarded by the Courts below from death to imprisonment for life---Application under section 338-E, P.P.C. read with section 345, Cr.P.C. filed by accused was partly allowed, as death sentence could not be upheld---Appeal was partly allowed.
SANOOBER KHAN vs State
