Lahore, Pakistan - An additional sessions judge from Kasur held the trial of an alleged blasphemer at the Kot Lakhpat Jail and awarded him death sentence on Thursday.
According to the prosecution, the accused, Abdul Hameed (45) of Bhai Phairu, had erected a model of the Kaba in his house and had claimed to be a prophet. Bhai Phairu police registered a case against Hameed under sections 295 A and C of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) on March 3, 2006, on the complaint of Ghulam Mustafa Zia, a prayer leader of the area.
Witnesses in the case said Hameed had claimed that his Kaba was the original one and people should visit it for pilgrimage instead of going to Saudi Arabia. Hameed’s counsel Pervez Aslam Chaudhry said that the court had not considered some legal aspects of the case.
He said that according to the law, a ‘blasphemy’ case was required to be investigated by an official not lower than the rank of a superintendent of Police. He added that in this case a sub-inspector had investigated the case in just two days. He added that he would appeal against the decision in the Lahore High Court within a week.