KARACHI: Three granted bail in child marriage case
KARACHI, July 1: Three suspects in the child marriage case were on Wednesday granted bail by a judicial magistrate (south) against a surety bond of Rs5,000 each.
Eight-year-old Zahida was married to 17-year-old Dilshad in Azam Basti in the jurisdiction of the Mehmoodaad police station on June 25. Later, acting on
information provided by some neighbours, the police arrested the girl’s father, Abdul Rasool, the bridegroom, Dilshad, and the Qazi, Qari Naqib Ali Shah, under Section 151 of the criminal procedure code.
However, a court of law ordered the police to register the case against the suspects under relevant sections of the Sindh Children Act, 1955.
The police registered the case against four persons —girl’s father Abdul Rasool, bridegroom Dilshad, Qari Naqib Ali Shah and the groom’s father Mohammad Siddiq — under Section 48 (punishment for cruelty to children) and 63 of the Sindh Children Act, 1955 at the Mehmoodaad police station. They arrested two of the four suspects — Abdul Rasool and Dilshad — on Tuesday night and produced them before Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Farooq Sheikh on Wednesday.
However, the magistrate granted them bail against the surety amount of Rs5,000 each. The third suspect, Qari Naqib, also appeared in court and sought pre-arrest bail. The magistrate granted him pre-arrest interim bail against the surety bond of Rs5,000. According to the prosecution, Mohammad Siddiq, the father of the bridegroom, is still at large.
Murderer jailed for life
A sessions court sentenced a man on Wednesday to life imprisonment in a 2002 murder case.
The court found Saeed-ur-Rahman guilty of killing his neighbour, Syed Qurban Shah, in the jurisdiction of the Jackson police station in July 2002.
Additional District and Sessions Judge (west) Manthar Ali Jatoi pronounced his judgment after recording evidence and final arguments from both sides.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs100,000 and in case of default the convict would have to undergo an additional six-month imprisonment.
The verdict said that the prosecution had successfully proved its case against the accused by producing ample evidence in court.
It added that the witnesses had testified against the accused while the documentary evidence also supported the prosecution case.
It concluded that after considering the material evidence that came on record, the court was of the considered view that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused.
According to the prosecution, on July 6, 2002 the accused had stabbed his neighbour, Qurban Shah, to death after an exchange of hot words with him over a petty dispute in the jurisdiction of the Jackson police station. The police arrested the accused two days after the incident.
A case (FIR 126/2002) was registered against the accused under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
While extending the benefit of Section 382-B (period of detention to be considered while awarding sentence of imprisonment) of the criminal procedure code to the convict, the court remanded him back to prison with a conviction order to serve out the remainder of the sentence.
Eight-year-old Zahida was married to 17-year-old Dilshad in Azam Basti in the jurisdiction of the Mehmoodaad police station on June 25. Later, acting on
information provided by some neighbours, the police arrested the girl’s father, Abdul Rasool, the bridegroom, Dilshad, and the Qazi, Qari Naqib Ali Shah, under Section 151 of the criminal procedure code.
However, a court of law ordered the police to register the case against the suspects under relevant sections of the Sindh Children Act, 1955.
The police registered the case against four persons —girl’s father Abdul Rasool, bridegroom Dilshad, Qari Naqib Ali Shah and the groom’s father Mohammad Siddiq — under Section 48 (punishment for cruelty to children) and 63 of the Sindh Children Act, 1955 at the Mehmoodaad police station. They arrested two of the four suspects — Abdul Rasool and Dilshad — on Tuesday night and produced them before Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Farooq Sheikh on Wednesday.
However, the magistrate granted them bail against the surety amount of Rs5,000 each. The third suspect, Qari Naqib, also appeared in court and sought pre-arrest bail. The magistrate granted him pre-arrest interim bail against the surety bond of Rs5,000. According to the prosecution, Mohammad Siddiq, the father of the bridegroom, is still at large.
Murderer jailed for life
A sessions court sentenced a man on Wednesday to life imprisonment in a 2002 murder case.
The court found Saeed-ur-Rahman guilty of killing his neighbour, Syed Qurban Shah, in the jurisdiction of the Jackson police station in July 2002.
Additional District and Sessions Judge (west) Manthar Ali Jatoi pronounced his judgment after recording evidence and final arguments from both sides.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs100,000 and in case of default the convict would have to undergo an additional six-month imprisonment.
The verdict said that the prosecution had successfully proved its case against the accused by producing ample evidence in court.
It added that the witnesses had testified against the accused while the documentary evidence also supported the prosecution case.
It concluded that after considering the material evidence that came on record, the court was of the considered view that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused.
According to the prosecution, on July 6, 2002 the accused had stabbed his neighbour, Qurban Shah, to death after an exchange of hot words with him over a petty dispute in the jurisdiction of the Jackson police station. The police arrested the accused two days after the incident.
A case (FIR 126/2002) was registered against the accused under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
While extending the benefit of Section 382-B (period of detention to be considered while awarding sentence of imprisonment) of the criminal procedure code to the convict, the court remanded him back to prison with a conviction order to serve out the remainder of the sentence.
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