HYDERABAD, Sept 10: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday issued notices to the RPO, Hyderabad, DPO Tharparkar, SHO, Umerkot police station, ASI, Islamkot police station, and other respondents on a constitutional petition, alleging police excesses and seeking registration of a case against the respondents.

The petitioner, Khuda Bux Bajeer, said the Sindh High Court had declared him, his sisters and brothers to be the owners of survey-39 and 138 in the Mehari Makan village, Mithi taluka, on his appeal on April 20, 1998.

In respect of other survey numbers, the judgment of the first appellate court was set aside and the suit was remanded for further evidence by parties and decision by the senior civil judge, Mithi, which was still pending.

The petitioner said private respondents had a dispute with his family over survey-138. He said ASI Shahmeer Bajeer belonged to the private respondents community.

He said the respondent police officials along with private respondents trespassed into his survey number to dispossess his family.

He said the respondents caught hold of him and his brother’s wife at the insistence of the policemen and maltreated them.

The petitioner said the police unlawfully detained him and his two nephews at the Islamkot police station and when his brother approached high-ups, the police obtained his signature on a plain paper and threatened him that if he complained he would be killed.

He said the respondent ASI and police constable had obtained a thumb impression from him during his detention on a statement and added that the statement was not given by him voluntarily as it was taken in order to get the suit dismissed.

He prayed the court to order that the said statement was not voluntary and therefore it was null and void. He appealed the court to direct the DPO to lodge his FIR against the ASI, police constable and private respondents for trespassing into his lands and maltreating him and his family members.

He said an inquiry should be ordered against the police officials and compensation should be given to him for being kept in wrongful confinement.

He said the police should be restrained from harassing him and his family members.

SHC NOTICE: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Monday issued a notice to the state counsel on an application filed by former Thatta deputy commissioner Dr Fazalullah Pechuho.