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KARACHI, Jan 20: An additional district and sessions judge (south) on Tuesday directed the jail superintendent to submit a report regarding the medical examination of a gold trader, Kamran Tessori, within three days.
The court warned the jail official that it would take stern action in case of non-compliance.
Earlier, Judge Nizar Ali Khawaja had allowed an application filed by the suspect seeking medical treatment and directed the jail authorities to shift him in a hospital in police custody and submit a compliance report.
However, the jail authorities had failed to submit the compliance report.
The accused had been charged with possessing illicit weapons and a case was registered against him under Section 13-E of the Arms Ordinance 1965, at the Gizri police station.
The police had arrested him at Karachi airport upon his arrival from Islamabad on Nov 5, 2008. Later, he was remanded in judicial custody.
The court also directed the jail authorities not to shift the suspect out of the city without the court’s permission. The suspect had expressed his apprehension that he might be shifted out of Karachi.
Murtaza Bhutto murder case
Another additional district and sessions judge (east) adjourned the hearing of Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case till Feb 7.
Two prosecution witnesses appeared in court on Tuesday. However, their statements could not be recorded since the case property was not available.
The judge directed the investigation officer to appear in court on the next hearing and produce the case property.
The chief of Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto), Mir Murtaza Bhutto, his close aide, Ashique Jatoi, along with six comrades were killed in an alleged encounter with police on Sept 20, 1996 near his Clifton residence.
A number of senior police officials including Shoaib Suddle, Wajid Durrani, Shahid Hayat. Rai Mohammad Tahir and others are facing trial in the case. President Asif Ali Zardari was also one of the many accused but he has been since been acquitted in the case.
