KARACHI, Jan 18: Three police officials, aggrieved by an order of the administrative judge, Anti-Terrorism Court, for directing the trial court to take action against them under section 27 of the ATA Act in a kidnapping-for-ransom case (218/201), have filed revision application in the Sindh High Court.

The ATA appellate bench, comprising Justice Ghulam Nabi Soomro and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, ordered issuance of notice for Monday, when the matter came up on Friday.

The applicants, represented by Khwaja Naved Ahmed advocate, have prayed for calling of record and proceedings of the above mentioned case from the court of the special judge, Anti- Terrorism Court No II, who had issued show cause notices to them prior to holding of trial and recording evidence.

The applicants are Chaudhary Anwar Ali Punno, subdivisional police officer, Liaquatabad; Afaq Ahmed, SHO Sharifabad, and SI Ejaz Ahmed posted at the Sharifabad police station.

The matter pertains to the complaint of Abdul Majeed, lodged at the Sharifabad police station, about abduction of his three-year-old daughter, Ramsha, by unknown persons on Nov 13, 2001. Subsequently, the police had arrested three persons — Zahid, Faisal and Urooj.

During investigation, Zahid had confessed the crime but his wife Urooj was found to be innocent. According to the police she had acted under the pressure of her husband and did not share the common intention with the other co-accused.

The police, accordingly, submitted the report under section 169 CrPC before the administrative judge.