October 11, 2006	Wednesday	Ramazan 17, 1427

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ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the district police officer (DPO) Rawalpindi to hold inquiry and take strict action against delinquent police officials of Ganjmandi police station, and submit report.

The police officials conducted illegal raid in the jurisdiction of police station Lawa district Chakwal, picked up five persons of a family and kept them in illegal detention.

The Supreme Court bench comprised Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi.

On last date of hearing DPO Ishaq confessed that five persons, including three brothers and two of their guests, were picked up by Ganjmandi police from the jurisdiction of Lawa police station without any charges.

Appearing on notice, DPO Rawalpindi Saud Aziz also confessed that some police officials of Ganjmandi police station had kept five persons in illegal custody for nine days. He assured the court that strict disciplinary action would be taken against them.

Dr Babar Awan, counsel for Noor Jahan told the bench that police officials of Ganjmandi police station had conducted illegal raid on September 9, 2006, picked up five innocent persons and later confined them in illegal custody without registration of any case.

He said when petitioner Noor Jahan filed a writ petition in Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court for recovery of her three sons and two guests, the police misled the High Court and stated that they didn’t know about the missing persons.

He contended that later police registered fake cases of recovery of illicit arms against these persons.

DOCTOR REINSTATED: The same bench of the apex court in another case ordered reinstatement of a doctor posted at Daultala Rural Health Centre Gujar Khan, who was dismissed from service on the charges of determining the age of a boy accused of sodomy, as wrong.

The SC bench also ordered that after reinstatement the doctor be treated as compulsorily retired with all back benefits of 17- year service.

Appellant Dr Muhammad Asif was accused of determining the age of a boy wrong, who was accused of sodomy. Dr Asif had determined the age of the accused boy 13-year and reported that a 13-year old boy was incapable to perform sexual intercourse.

Later a medical board constituted by the provincial health secretary had determined the age of the accused boy 14-years and held that the boy was capable to perform sex.

Later Dr Asif was dismissed from service under Removal from Service Ordinance 2002, which was also upheld by the Punjab Service Tribunal.