The Lahore High Court has rejected appeals filed by main convicts Abid Malhi and Shafqat Bagga against their death sentences in the Motorway gang rape case and upheld the verdict of an Anti-Terrorism Court.

A two-member bench headed by Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi announced the reserved judgment after hearing arguments from lawyers representing the parties.

The court had reserved its verdict following the completion of arguments.

On March 20, 2021, the Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced the two convicts to death, finding them guilty of rape and other serious crimes in the Motorway gang rape case.

With the Lahore High Court’s decision, the sentences handed down by the trial court against the two convicts will remain in force.