Road rage: Judicial magistrate quashes case registered by Wasim Akram

Respondent had apologised to him over the incident so there was no further need to continue

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate quashed on Tuesday a case registered by cricketer Wasim Akram against a private security agency official and his driver over road rage after the court was told that the parties have reached a compromise.

The case was registered with the Bahadurabad police in August last year by Akram as he complained that Amirur Rehman fired shots at him in a brawl following a collision of their cars on Karsaz Road.

Akram told the District East judicial magistrate that he had settled the dispute with Rehman out of court and did not want to pursue the case further on. He said that the respondent had apologised to him over the incident.

At a previous hearing, the same court had issued bailable warrants of arrest for the cricketer after he failed to appear in order to record his statement over repeated summons.

The case was lodged with the Bahadurabad police in August last year by Akram as he complained that Rehman fired shots at him in a brawl following a collision of their cars on Karsaz Road. The charge-sheet with the court included sections 337-H(2) (hurt by rash or negligent act) 427 (mischief causing damage) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 18^th, 2017.