Pakistan's legendary squash player Jansher Khan has been informed by his lawyers that he has been charged under Section 354-A.
PESHAWAR: Pakistan's legendary squash player and former world champion Jansher Khan has been informed by his lawyers that he has been charged under Section 354-A of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The act carries a death penalty for the accused.
Jansher Khan was arrested and sent to Peshawar Central Jail on July 14, 2006, after his bail was rejected by a local court on charges of forceful occupation of a house, firing and intimidating the inmates, especially a woman.
It has now dawned upon Khan that under Section 354-A, an accused could even be convicted for death penalty or life imprisonment.
However, after being approached by Khan, the frontier government ordered an inquiry to ascertain why a former squash legend has been charged under Section 354-A of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) instead of the simple Section 354.
“Under Section 354, an accused can be sentenced for a few a years or imposed a nominal fine. One can be charged under Section 354 of the PPC only when he assaults a woman or strips someone in public,” a senior lawyer explained.
Rukhsana, wife of one Ghulam Habib, had registered an FIR against Jansher and his relative in the West Cantonment Police Station. She accused him of misbehaving with her and other family members as well as firing, forcefully entering and occupying their house at Lal Kurti over an ownership dispute. Khan was booked under Sections 354-a, 452, 506 and 447 PPC.
The former champion, who has a reputation of being rude and arrogant, has developed huge property in some areas of Peshawar, including houses and dozens of flats.
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