Mitigating circumstances

Mitigating circumstances — for not awarding the capital punishment:(I) The convict-respondent was not awarded capital punishment by the trial Court, who had the opportunity of recording the evidence of prosecution and was in a better position to have its opinion on the appraisal of prosecution evidence; (ii) That the Shariat Court vide its impugned judgment acquitted the accused -respondent Shah Nawaz Khan, and thus he had an exectency of life; and (iii) That the prosecution evidence has been disbelieved with regard to accused Aurangzeb and Rang Baz Khan, accused-respondents. Zahir H. Shah v. Shah Nawaz Khan 2000 SCR 124 (J)
— Quantum of Sentence, see Habib-ur-Rehman Chughtai v. Kabir Hussain & others 2023 SCR 87 (C)
— benefit for mitigation of sentence — see Muhamad Bashir & others versus Muhammad Naveed Abbas & others 2023 SCR 1152 (D)