The Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench hearing the appeal of Mumtaz Qadri asked the defence counsel as to how a person could declare someone a blasphemer or carry out the sentence against an individual based on one's belief.
Qadri, a former Elite Force commando was handed out death sentence for the murder of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer on January 4, 2011 in Islamabad's Kohsar Market.
According to Dawn News, on Wednesday, Justice Siddiqui asked Qadri's defence team to explain to the court how a policeman could "determine whether an individual was an apostate or not".
He asked that in the presence of the blasphemy laws, how could one justify a person taking the law into his own hands.
Justice Siddiqui asked the counsel as to why Qadri did not bother to file a complaint against Taseer at any forum if he thought that the Governor was wrong.
The judge said that no person can be allowed to take the law into their own hands and that there is a system in the state. He said that one can only be prosecuted on the basis of available evidence and at a proper forum, the report added.