The 17 Indians who were awarded death sentence by the Sharia Court of Sharjah for killing a Pakistani national and injuring 3 others took a sigh of relief today as one of the prime witnesses Mushtaq Ahmad refused to identify any of them during cross-examination, Testifying before the presiding judge Abdul Redha Jasim, the Prime witness, Ahmad said that he was attacked by a mob of 35-40 Indians, but unable to identify any of them. The Defence Counsels also raised questions about the authenticity of the post-mortem report, which was issued in July 2008, while the case occurred in January 2009.The case has now been fixed on 13th October for the next hearing. During the last hearing held on 1st September all 17 accused had pleaded not guilty before the presiding judge Abdul Redha Jasim.The convicted, 16 from the Punjab and one from Haryana, were found guilty by the Sharjah Shariah Court of killing a Pakistani national and injuring three of his compatriots during a clash in January 2009.AIR correspondent reports, it was a relief for the 17 Indians who were awarded death sentence by the a Sharjah Sharia Court for allegedly killing a Pakistani national and injuring 3 others when one of the prime witnesses Mushtaq Ahmad refused to identify any of them during cross-examination today.During the hearing of the case the Defence Counsels also raised questions about the authenticity of the post-mortem report, which was issued in July 2008, while the case occurred in January 2009. The next hearing of the case will be held on 13th of next month.During the last hearing held on 1st September all 17 accused had pleaded not guilty before the presiding judge. The convicted, 16 from the Punjab and one from Haryana, were found guilty by the Sharjah Shariah Court of killing a Pakistani national and injuring three of his compatriots during a clash in January 2009.