‘Illegal’ detention: Police given a week to complete investigations
SHC directs the AVCC, Karachi, to complete investigations against a man, allegedly in illegal detention.
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC), Karachi, to complete investigations against a man, allegedly in illegal detention, and submit the report within a week.
A division bench of the SHC, comprising justices Gulzar Ahmed and Imam Bux Baloch, gave these orders when the Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) of the AVCC could not satisfactorily explain keeping the man in custody.
The bench was hearing a constitutional petition filed by Agha Haq Nawaz, who questioned the alleged illegal detention of his son, Agha Mansoor, who was arrested from his home in Steel Town. Mansoor was accused in a kidnapping-for-ransom case of Dr Sham Sunder.
On Monday, AVCC SSP Farooq Awan conceded that they have yet to record Dr Sunder’s statement under Sections 161 and 164 of the CrPC. Mansoor was not put in an identification parade either nor were any recoveries made from him. He only stated that the victim Dr Sunder was released by the kidnappers after a huge ransom was paid.
The bench said that the SSP’s report provided little justification for keeping the petitioner’s son in confinement. Since the investigations were not complete, the court allowed the SSP another week to conclude them.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 1st, 2011.
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC), Karachi, to complete investigations against a man, allegedly in illegal detention, and submit the report within a week.
A division bench of the SHC, comprising justices Gulzar Ahmed and Imam Bux Baloch, gave these orders when the Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) of the AVCC could not satisfactorily explain keeping the man in custody.
The bench was hearing a constitutional petition filed by Agha Haq Nawaz, who questioned the alleged illegal detention of his son, Agha Mansoor, who was arrested from his home in Steel Town. Mansoor was accused in a kidnapping-for-ransom case of Dr Sham Sunder.
On Monday, AVCC SSP Farooq Awan conceded that they have yet to record Dr Sunder’s statement under Sections 161 and 164 of the CrPC. Mansoor was not put in an identification parade either nor were any recoveries made from him. He only stated that the victim Dr Sunder was released by the kidnappers after a huge ransom was paid.
The bench said that the SSP’s report provided little justification for keeping the petitioner’s son in confinement. Since the investigations were not complete, the court allowed the SSP another week to conclude them.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 1st, 2011.