KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday heard appeal against acquittal of accused in Murtaza Bhutto murder case, ARY News reported.
The high court heard appeals of the state and Noor Muhammad, a servant of Murtaza Bhutto in the murder case.
A petition submitted to the court that former police officer Wajid Durrani has been and could not appear in the hearing of the case.
The lawyer of Shoaib Suddle, another nominee in the case, told the court that his client could not attend the hearing and pleaded for his exemption.
The court granted one day’s exemption to Shoaib Suddle and Wajid Durrani.
The petitioners’ lawyers opposed the exemption pleas. The court summoned all accused in next hearing of the case.
The court in an earlier hearing of the case said that the court intends to tackle the appeal, which has been pending since year 2010.
Mir Murtaza Bhutto’s servant Noor Muhammad had filed appeal in the high court in year 2010 against acquittal of the accused in the high-profile killing in a police encounter near Do Talwar in Karachi on September 20, 1996.