Child offenders granted bail

Published October 15, 2005

LARKANA, Oct 14: District and Sessions Judge Anwar Azam Baloch granted bail to three juvenile delinquents who were jailed after the Railway police had booked them in different cases.

The Railway police had arrested Raheel, son of Latif Abro, Zohaib, son of Mushtaque Khokhar, and Parvez, son Ghulam Mustafa Mirani, on August 3 for stealing nuts and bolts and fish-plates of the Railway track near the Shahnawaz Bhutto railway station.

When the district and sessions judge visited the central prison Larkana, the boys told him about their innocence.

The judge referred them to the medical board of the Chandka Medical College Hospital Larkana for ascertaining their ages.

The medical superintendent of the CMCH, Dr Mehboob Shah, sent medical certificates to the court on Friday.

The board ascertained that Raheel Abro and Zohaib were 12-year-old while Parvez Mirani was 13-year-old.

Abdul Rehman Bhutto pleading the case on behalf of the Child Rights Committee said the sessions judge granted the bail in Rs10,000 each on the grounds that they were under-aged and there was no eyewitness against them.

Opinion

Editorial

A difficult story
Updated 12 Jun, 2026

A difficult story

Unless productivity becomes the dominant target of economic policy, Pakistan will continue to oscillate between crises and fragile recovery.
Rough waters
12 Jun, 2026

Rough waters

AMONGST the key potential triggers for fresh conflict in South Asia is water. The Indian state is behaving in an...
Politicised football
12 Jun, 2026

Politicised football

ALMOST three-and-half years since Lionel Messi led Argentina to FIFA World Cup glory, the latest edition of...
GB polls’ aftermath
Updated 11 Jun, 2026

GB polls’ aftermath

The new administration must address the region’s issues proactively.
Peace in retreat
11 Jun, 2026

Peace in retreat

THE ceasefire announced in April was supposed to create space for negotiations. Instead, it has been repeatedly...
A few good men
11 Jun, 2026

A few good men

IT was a brave move, no doubt. This Tuesday, in the land of the Afghan Taliban, a few good men decided to take a...