Peshawar court acquits 74 PTI activists in May 2023 violence case

PESHAWAR: As many as 74 PTI activists have been acquitted in a case regarding violence on May 10, 2023, which led to the deaths of two people. Additional sessions judge Faraz Ahmad on Monday accepted an application filed by the defence for acquittal of the accused persons under section 247-K of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which empowers the court to acquit an accused at any stage of the proceedings where there is no probability of conviction. The judge ruled that the entire case of the prose...