KARACHI: Notices issued to police in detention case
KARACHI, Aug 31: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notice to police officials of Mubina Town police station for Sept 2 on a petition against detention. Husan Ara Begum alleged that police inspector Shahid Qureshi and others raided her house to arrest her spouse Mahram Ali Chandio and in failure they took her nephew, Abdul Hakeem.
She said her spouse was earlier implicated in a false case on the complaint of Ms Karim Bano under section 16-10 (4) of Zina Ordinance but discharged by the court.
The court was prayed to take legal action against the respondents and direct them to produce the detainee before the court.
SHC’s division bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Azizullah M Memon, after preliminary hearing of the petition issued notice to the respondents for Sept 2.
NOTICES ISSUED: Notices were issued to state and jail authorities by a division bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Azizullah M Memon, here on Wednesday in a constitutional petition filed by the cousin of an alleged drug baron, Haji Laloo.
Taj Mohmmad moved the court, stating that Haji Laloo was shifted from Central Prison to Sanghar district jail without any reason.
The shifting order was mala fide in essence as a number of cases are pending trial before different courts at Karachi, counsel for the petitioner said.
The petitioner prayed that accused be shifted back to Karachi so that cases against him are tried and family is saved from undue fatigue.
The bench after hearing initial arguments issued notice to the state for a date to be fixed later.
The same bench dismissed a petition filed by a citizen Muhibullah who prayed that nazim and naib nazim elect, namely Abdul Shakoor and Shamsul Hasan, from a union council of Karachi be restrained from casting vote in elections for the post of nazim Karachi.
The petitioner maintained that both the respondents possess a “sanad” which was declared not equivalent to matriculation by the apex court.
The bench, after hearing the counsel for petitioner, dismissed the same.
IMTIAZ’S BAIL: Justice Musheer Alam of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday extended interim bail awarded to former Sindh Minister Imtiaz Shaikh till Sept 19. The applicant, facing charges of corruption, was present before the court when the bail plea was taken up. His counsel requested for extension of bail on medical grounds. The bench, allowing the request, extended the interim pre-arrest bail.life term upheld: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday, dismissing an appeal filed by a convict, upheld the life term awarded to him in a murder case.
Shabbir Ahmed alias Shabira was found guilty by the sessions court of Malir for murdering Shera on Dec 21, 1996, in Quaidabad.
His appeal against conviction was heard by SHC’s single bench, comprising Justice Mushir Alam.
Dismissing the appeal, the court upheld the trial court order.—Agencies
