Pims Rape Case: SUSPECT TO GET OPEN TRIAL

ISLAMABAD: A sessions court ruled in favour of the plea for an open trial filed by a male nurse from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) who is suspected of raping a patient.

ADSJ Asif Mehmood set aside the Islamabad chief commissioner’s order for a jail trial for the suspect.

The superintendent of Adiala Jail had, on August 18, requested the court to conduct the trial of Krishan Kumar, the suspect, inside the jail.

The suspect, however, filed an application in the same court last month challenging the administration’s order to hold his trial inside the jail. Kumar said the chief commissioner did not give any reason while issuing the orders. “Only the court is competent to decide the venue of the trial rather than an administrative authority,” the application read. Kumar had requested the court to hold his trial in an open court at district courts in order to avoid any prejudice in the case.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 12^th, 2016.