(ii) The prisoner shall then be taken to the scaffold under
the charge of the Deputy Superintendent and guarded by a head
warder and six warders, two proceeding in front, two behind and
one holding either arm.
(iii) On the arrival of the prisoner at the scaffold where the
Superintendent, Coordination Officer and Medical Officer have
already taken their places, the Superintendent shall inform the
Coordination Officer that he has identified the . prisoner. The
prisoner shall then be made over to the executioner.
(iv) The condemned prisoner shall mount the scaffold and
shall be placed directly under the beam to which the rope is
attached, the warders still holding him by the arms.
(v) The executioner shall next strap his legs tightly
together, place the cap over his head and face and adjust the rope
tightly round his neck the noose being 3Cm 7 Mm to the right or
left of the middle line and free from the flap of the cap.
(vi) The warders holding the condemned man's arms then
withdraw and at a signal from the Superintendent, the executioner
shall carry out the sentence.
COMMENTS
Promulgation. Commencing day of Ordinance, 2000.
Conviction to minors. Challenge to. No doubt it was most
gruesome and shocking murder committed by a single person in the
history of crimes in which one by one children of different ages for
fairly long period were first subjected to sodomy by him and killed
in the most cold barbaric and in human manner throwing
afterwards their dead bodies in acid-Crossed the barriers of lay in
directing-to strangle accused in a manner provided and then to cut
his body in 100 pieces such direction is against the teachings of
Islam and in violation of Rule 362 of Pakistan Prison Rules and is
also perverse and of no legal effect. Appeals accepted.
Body to remain suspended half an hour. Return of warrant.
Rule 363. (i) The body shall remain suspended for half an
hour and shall not be taken down till the Medical Officer declares
life extinct.
(ii) The Superintendent shall return the warrant of
execution to the Sessions Judge with an endorsement to the effect
that the sentence has been carried 'out.
Spectators may be admitted.
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