Prison Rules: Explanation sought

The judge ordered the IGP to submit a reply until March 15


Our Correspondent February 29, 2016

LAHORE: Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday directed the prisons IGP to explain why a prisoner had not been released even after a superior court had acquitted him. The judge ordered the IGP to submit a reply until March 15. Mehboob Alam had filed the petition submitting that he had been acquitted of murder charges in year 2009, but he had not been released from the jail. He requested the court to order the IGP to release him.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 1st, 2016.

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