HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on the SHO, Dadu police station, Mukhtar Ahmed Sario, for keeping a man in illegal detention in a police station for eight days.

The court said that out of Rs50,000, Rs10,000 would be paid by the police official to the detained man towards the cost of the proceedings.

The amount shall be deposited by the SHO with the additional registrar of this court at Hyderabad within a period of 20 days from the date of this judgment and in the event the amount is not deposited by the SHO within the time prescribed, the government of Sindh shall deposit the same within a period of 30 days from the date of the judgment and shall deduct the amount so paid by it from the salary/emolument of the SHO. The amount so deposited shall be paid by the additional registrar to the detained man after proper verification.

Authoring the 17-page judgment, Justice Maqbool Baqar ordered that the DPO, Dadu, shall take appropriate disciplinary action against Mukhtar Ahmed Sario for his conduct in the above case.

The DPO shall also hold an inquiry in order to determine as to whether the police constable, Abdul Rasool Sial, has committed any offence and or has exceeded his authority in the above case.

The DPO shall also hold an inquiry in order to determine whether the police constables, Haroon and Leemu, of the Dadu police station were involved in arresting a man, Noor Nabi Shah, and manhandling him.

Our Bureau reports: The RPO, Abdur Rauf Yousufzai, on Wednesday imposed a fine amounting to Rs5,000 on the DSP, Jan Mohammad Birhamani, the TPO, Sanghar, besides forfeiting one year of service of inspector, Dastar Ali Shah of the investigation branch, Sanghar, for demonstrating inefficiency and cowardice in a police encounter with the Mumtaz Mari bandit gang, which lasted for four days.