LAHORE, Dec 16 Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court has directed the Attock district police officer to produce on Thursday (today) a Sikh lawyer, involved in a case of house trespassing and torturing the inmates.

The judge issued this order on a quashment petition filed by lawyer Anop Singh, of Pindi Ghep, through his counsel Arif Chaudhry.

The counsel submitted that Anop Singh, being a professional lawyer, was contesting a divorce case on behalf of Safia Begum against her husband, Muhammad Amin.

The counsel said Amin had nurtured a grudge against Anop and implicated him in a case with the help of police to settle his score. The accused (Amin) also cut off the beard of Anop Singh in police custody besides subjecting him to severe torture, the counsel said.

He requested the court to quash the FIR registered against the lawyer by declaring it as without lawful authority and based on mala fide intention.

suo motu notice Lahore High Court chief justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif has taken suo motu notice over the death of two-year-old Laiba who was killed after being thrown in a cauldron of Haleem in Islampura on Oct 29.

The chief justice took notice on an application submitted by girl's mother Shumaila who appeared in person before the judge.

The applicant informed the chief justice that the Islampura police in connivance with the suspects, Abdul Qayyum and his daughter-in-law, Bilqees, had declared them innocent and recommended for cancellation of the case.

The chief justice directed the city investigation SP to appear on Dec 21 along with the investigation officer and complete record of the case.

Meanwhile, Justice Sharif also took suo motu notice of the death of a six-year-old boy who expired in DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad, due to administration of a lethal injection.

The chief justice directed the medical superintendent to submit a detailed report with regard to the incident within three days.