has served out more than the alternate sentence provided under S.302(b), P.P.C. i.e. imprisonment for life---On such score, it was a fit case where principle of legitimate expectancy of life could be invoked---Conviction of accused under Ss.302(b)/34, P.P.C. on six counts was maintained, however, her sentence of death on six counts was converted into imprisonment for life on six counts---Supreme Court directed the Provincial Government to immediately shift the accused from prison to Punjab Institute of Mental Health for treatment and rehabilitation in accordance with provisions of Prisons Rules, 1978; that on the completion of her sentence, she shall be examined afresh by the Medical Board required to be notified by the Provincial Government, and that she shall be released from the hospital as and when the said Medical Board opined that she was fit for herself and for the society. (j) Penal Code (XLV of 1860)------Ss. 84, 302(b), 324 & 449---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 45---Prisons Rules, 1978, Rr. 101, 104 & 107---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, house trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death---Reappraisal of evidence---Mentally ill prisoner on death row having cognitive/intellectual impairment---Fresh mercy petition before the President, filing of---Accused had exhausted all the remedies available to him under the law, however, the plea taken by him that he was suffering from mental illness was endorsed by the report of the Medical Board constituted by the Supreme Court---Though, it had come on record that a mercy petition filed by the accused was rejected by the President yet there was nothing on record to show whether the ground of mental illness was taken into consideration while dismissing the mercy petition---Supreme Court directed that the concerned Jail Superintendent shall ensure that a fresh mercy petition was filed on behalf of the accused; that the mercy petition was prepared in accordance with relevant Prisons Rules, 1978 and submitted to the President mentioning therein the plea of mental illness taken by the accused along with copies of his entire medical history/record, copies of report of Medical Board constituted by the Supreme Court and a copy of present judgment, and that till disposal of the mercy petition, the accused shall be immediately shifted to Punjab Institute of Mental Health in accordance with provisions of Prisons Rules, 1978 for his treatment and rehabilitation---Constitution petition was disposed of. Moinuddin and others v. The State and others PLD 2019 SC 749 ref. (k) Penal Code (XLV of 1860)------S. 84---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 464 & 465---Prisons Rules, 1978, Chap. 18---Mental Health Ordinance (VIII of 2001) [as amended by the Punjab Mental Health (Amendment) Act (XI of 2014), Ss. 2(m) & 2(n)---Sindh Mental Health Act (L of 2013), Ss. 2(n) & 2(o)---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mental Health Act (XVII of 2017), Ss. 2(l), 2(m), 2(n), 2(o) & 2(q)---Balochistan Mental Health Act (IX of 2019), Ss. 2(n) & 2(o)---Mentally ill prisoners under trial or on death row---Directions issued by the Supreme Court with respect to establishment of secure Mental Health Facilities, constitution of Medical Boards for examination and evaluation of prisoners, launch of training programs on forensic mental health

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