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KARACHI, March: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday maintained the acquittal verdict announced by an anti-terrorism court in a double-murder case.
The division bench comprising Justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery, after hearing arguments from both sides, dismissed the appeal preferred by the state against the acquittal of the accused in the case.
Two men, Imtiaz and Abbas, were killed on February 9, 2001 near Askari Apartments, Block 9, F. B Area. Six persons, Dildar Hussain alias Dilawar, Shahzad Maqsood alias Munna, Abdul Waseem, Muhammad Saeed alias Kalija, Muhammad Rashid alias Andha and Asif Ramzi, were nominated in the case. Five of the accused were arrested while Asif Ramzi was absconding.
The ATC, headed by Abdul Ghafoor Memon, on June 26, 2002 acquitted the accused of the murder charge.
MEDICINE CASE: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery on Wednesday allowed an appeal against conviction in drug confiscation case.
Appellant Nand Lal was awarded rigorous imprisonment for 12 months and a fine of Rs25,000 by the Special Court for Drugs, headed by Syed Hassan Shah Bukhari, on September 25, 2004.
The appellant was booked by police during a raid conducted at a godown owned by the appellant situated near Old Railway Lane in Sukkur.
During the raid the appellant was present in his godown and 157 assorted drugs/medicine label `Physician's Sample Not for Sale’ were also seized. The appellant had failed to produce drugs sale licence and bill warranties of the seized medicine in question.
LAND CASE: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Yasmeen Abbasey on Wednesday issued notice in a petition seeking directives for respondents not to interfere in the possession of agriculture land claimed to be owned by the petitioner.
Petitioner Mushtaq Ahmed claimed that he was one of the legal owners of the agriculture land at Deh Kheerdahee, Tapoo Ladiun, Taluka Shah Bandar in Thatta district.
He submitted that two persons, Haji Ibrahim Chang and Haji Noor Muhammad Chang, had started interfering in the land of the petitioner by adopting illegal means, which was liable to be curbed.
He prayed for the directions by the SHC to restrain the respondents from making any sort of changes in the legitimate agriculture land of the petitioner.
The Board of Revenue, Mukhtiarkar of Taluka Shah Bandar, Thatta, and others were also cited as respondents.—APP
