ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday adjourned the hearing till Wednesday on appeals in Noor Mukadam murder case.

A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq heard the appeals in the murder case.

Counsel for the plaintiff, Shaukat Mukadam, said that a petition of insanity could only be filed if an accused was incapable. The magistrate concerned had stated that he had heard the accused when he was produced on July 21, but no such situation was mentioned, he said.

On the query of the bench, the lawyer said that neither a medical examination of the accused was done nor the court had written anything about when the remand was ordered.

Published in Dawn, December 21st, 2022

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