Lahore court acquits man accused of blasphemy, cites unreliable witness testimonies

LAHORE: A sessions court on Monday acquitted a man accused of desecrating the Holy Quran, ruling that the prosecution had completely failed to establish any direct connection between the accused and the alleged act of blasphemy. Police had registered First Information Report (FIR) No. 701 on April 27, 2024, under Sections 295-A and 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The complainant claimed that he was standing near Shadman Chowk when he saw a man near an auto-rickshaw who had removed his...

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