KARACHI, May 27: The additional district and sessions judge-IV, east, Aftab Ahmed Bughio, adjourned on Tuesday the hearing of a gang-rape case till June 7 and directed the investigation officer to submit the police file.
An 18-year-old woman was subjected to sexual assault after being kidnapped on the premises of the Mazar-i-Quaid on the night of March 15. She was found in an unstable condition outside the mausoleum on March 17.
The case (FIR No 50/2008) was registered at Brigade police station under Section 365/B of the Pakistan Penal Code (the section was inserted through the Protection of Women Act, 2006) on the complaint of her father.
On March 20, police arrested an assistant manager security of the mausoleum for his alleged involvement in the case. Later, an accountant and a personal assistant to the resident engineer of the Quaid-i-Azam Mausoleum Management Board were booked on April 24 following the receipt of a DNA report that confirmed their involvement in the case. All the suspects were remanded in jail custody. They would be indicted on the next hearing.
One of the suspects has moved a bail application that would also be heard on June 7.
Show-cause notice
The civil judge and judicial magistrate-III, central, Khushi Mohammad, issued a show-cause notice to the investigation officer for his failure to file the charge-sheet in a case pertaining to the death of a bank defaulter.
The judge directed the investigation officer to submit the charge-sheet till May 31.
The prosecution said that 26-year-old Mohammad Tufail Shah, who defaulted on a loan, had committed suicide on April 27 by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house in New Karachi. Earlier in the day a loan recovery team had visited Tufail’s house and had reportedly misbehaved with his mother and sister, which caused him immense stress and depression.
A case (FIR No 87/2008) was registered under Sections 322, 316, 504 and 506 of the Pakistan Penal Code at New Karachi police station on the complaint of his mother.
The police arrested the suspect, Sheikh Mohammad Atif, on May 2.
The court of district and sessions judge, central, has rejected a bail application moved by the accused in the case.
Kidnap for ransom
Administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts, Karachi, Dr Rana Mohammad Shamim remanded on Tuesday two suspects in jail custody in a case pertaining to kidnap for ransom till June 2.
The court also directed the investigation officer to submit a charge-sheet on the next hearing.
According to the prosecution, Mansoor Alam and Mohammad Humair, stated to be associated with a banned militant outfit and involved in Lyari gang warfare, were arrested from Jackson police limits on May 16. Police claimed the recovery of illegal weapons from their possession. The prosecution said that during the interrogation the suspects disclosed that they had kidnapped Mohammad Ali on April 18 from Solider Bazaar police limits and demanded Rs20 million as ransom from his family. However, they reportedly agreed to reduce the ransom to Rs0.5 million and freed the kidnap victim after receiving the ransom on May 2.
A case (FIR No 92/2008) was registered under Section 365-A of the Pakistan Penal Code at Solider Bazaar police station.
Ex-minister condoned
The special judge of federal anti-corruption and emigration, central, Shaukat Ali Memon, on Tuesday condoned the absence of a former federal minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbassi, during the hearing of a corruption case.
On behalf of Mr Abbassi, the defence counsel submitted an application, stating that his client could not attend the court proceedings as he was unwell. The court fixed June 12 for the next hearing.
Mr Abbassi was charged with causing a loss of over Rs11 million to the national exchequer in the purchase of computers for the Pakistan International Airlines when he was PIA chairman in 1998-99. A former general manager of the PIA, Syed Nasir Ali, and a former director, Luqman Jacki, are co-accused in the case.
A case (FIR No 5/1999) was registered at FIA Circle police station under Sections 409 and 119 of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
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