Punjab Prosecution department’s success rate for the current calendar year is 95 %:Rana Maqbool

Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab’s Special Assistant and former Inspector General Police, Rana Maqbool Ahmad has said that Punjab Prosecution department’s success rate for the current calendar year is 95 percent. Out of total 59479 contested cases, 56600 were won by prosecution department and accused faced the music. From January to November this year, 391 accused were given Death Sentence, 401 accused were sentenced to Life Imprisonment and 936 were awarded imprisonment above 7 years.

According to the spokesperson of Prosecution Department, from January to November 2015, only 2879 cases were acquitted on merit whereas 43338 uncontested cases were disposed off due to either resiling of witnesses, compromise between the parties or other technical reasons.

A total of 1062 accused were given three to seven years imprisonment while 18798 were awarded less than three years imprisonment this year. It is pertinent to mention here that the performance of prosecution department is evaluated by considering the number of contested cases in courts that are resultant as well. The cases disposed off on compromise, resiling of witness and consigned to record cannot be linked with the contested cases and prosecutors performance.

Commenting on the performance report of the prosecution department, Rana Maqbool Ahmad, Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab congratulated the hard working prosecutors and stressed that dispensation of speedy justice to the oppressed person is a great mission.

He directed the Public Prosecutors to work with utmost devotion so that rule of law and justice will be established in the society. He also said that latest gadgets are being distributed among public prosecutors along with specialized training sessions for enhancing their skills.