(The New Indian Express) A Pakistani court on Tuesday acquitted a Christian man who was sentenced to death on blasphemy charges six years ago.
Sawan Masih was sentenced to death by a trial court in Lahore for allegedly insulting the Prophet during a conversation with a Muslim friend in Joseph Christian colony in March 2014.
He had filed an appeal against his death sentence.
“A Lahore High Court division bench headed by Justice Syed Shehbaz Ali Rizvi acquitted Sawan Masih,” a court official told PTI on Tuesday.
He said the LHC admitted the application of Masih and ordered his release.