KARACHI: Notice to govt on plea against ATC decision
KARACHI, April 1: An anti-terrorism appellate bench of the High Court of Sindh admitted on Tuesday an appeal filed by four convicts in a kidnapping for ransom case and put the state on notice.
Khawaja Naveed Ahmed appeared for appellants Sohail alias Commando, of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Masoom Bano alias Huma Jaffery and Adeel, who were sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court sitting at Karachi. Co-accused in the case Nauman was sentenced to life imprisonment as he is under 18 years of age.
According to the prosecution, in February 2002 the accused abducted 12-year- old Saeed and demanded ransom for his release. During investigations by the police, Nauman confessed his involvement in the kidnapping. In the meantime, the hostage escaped from the custody of the accused and led a police party to the place where he was confined. The police arrested the accused and booked them under sections 7 of ATA and 365 A of CrPC.
The acting administrative judge of the ATCs, Arshad Noor Khan, remanded Mahmood Ali and his mother, Chand Safhown, in the custody of the Quaidabad police till April 7.
The accused allegedly kidnapped Tauqeer, aged four, son of their neighbour, and demanded ransom. Accused Mehmood strangled Tauqeer to death when he failed to control the child’s cries.
PLEA GRANTED: Justice Mohammed Moosa K. Leghari of the Sindh High Court granted the winding up petition of ITTI Textile Mills and appointed an official assignee the official liquidator to take necessary steps.
The ITTI company, through its counsel Kamal Azfar, filed the petition in the High Court for winding up. Its counsel submitted that his client was a listed company with limited liability and was incorporated on November 18, 1987 and registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies.
He submitted that the authorized capital of the company was Rs10 million divided into 1,000,000 shares of Rs10 each, and the paidup capital of the company was Rs66,242,000.
The company set up a textile unit at C-126-135 in Hub area, Balochistan, and installed 72 looms. The counsel said the project encountered various problems on account of which it could not achieve its objectives and kept suffering losses.
He said a resolution was passed on June 15, 2001 in an extraordinary general meeting of the company and it was authorized to dispose of assets and capital of the company.
The court order said in view of all necessary formalities in connection with the winding up of the company as laid down in the Companies Ordinance had been followed and the objective having substantially failed for which it was incorporated. “Having become incapable of carrying on business except as loss and disappearing of reasonable hope that the object of trading at profit can be attained and has no liability of whatsoever nature.”
The court granted the petition of the company.—APP/PPI
