PESHAWAR, July 10: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan on Wednesday dismissed bail petition of two suspects charged with car snatching and killing a driver, observing that the outskirts of Peshawar had turned into ‘no-go areas’ where such crimes had become a routine practice.

The PHC chief justice observed that the courts had to adopt strict attitude to discourage such crimes. He observed that keeping in view the severity of the crime the two petitioners, Adil and Rizwan, did not deserve to be set free on bail.

The local police had arrested the suspects in connection with the killing of a taxi driver after snatching his vehicle in the limits of Peshtakhara police station on May 14, 2013. Janroze, the brother of the deceased taxi driver, Umer Baz, is complainant in the case. An additional advocate general, Akhter Naveed, appeared for state and said that police first arrested Adil, a resident of Nawa Kallay, who later on named Rizwan as his accomplice.

After the arrest of Rizwan, the snatched vehicle bearing registration number Islamabad-541 was also recovered from his residence, he said, adding that Adil had also confessed to his guilt before police and stated that they were involved in other such incidents.

The AAG contended that there were enough evidence available against the two suspects and they were not entitled to the confession of bail.

The PHC chief justice observed that snatching of vehicles, killings and street crimes had increased to an alarming extent. He observed that it was a big injustice with a poor taxi driver that his vehicle was not only snatched but he was also killed.

Meanwhile, the bench also dismissed bail petition of a policeman charged with smuggling of narcotics in Kohat district. The police constable, Ishaq Ali, was arrested by official of Ustarzai police station on May 22, 2013.

Advocate Guldaraz Khan appeared for the state and argued that the accused was caught red-handed while carrying contraband. He said that police had recovered five kilograms of charas from his possession.

He said that the accused was charged under the Control of Narcotics Substance Act, 1997, and keeping in view the quantity of the narcotics the offence was non-bailable.