Bail plea dismissed of suspects blinding 9th grader

The two men also allegedly emasculated the boy after suspecting he had relations with a girl

LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge dismissed bail applications of two suspects allegedly involved in emasculating and gouging the eyes out of a ninth grade student.

Accused Hanif Muhammad and Shan filed bails application, contending they had nothing to do with the case and were falsely implicated. At the same time, the prosecution told the court that accused had thrashed the victim before blinding and emasculating him.



However, after hearing the arguments, additional district and sessions judge Saifullah Sohal dismissed the bail applications of the accused.

According to the FIR got registered by one Muhammad Javed at Sundar police station, under Section 324 of the PPC, the complainant’s son, Aish Muhammad, and his friend Waqar, were coming home on a motorbike after studying at a local academy.

He added four people intercepted them and started beating the duo. The complainant added the assailants attacked Aish’s eyes with knives and gouged them out apart from severely damaging his private parts.

Talking to The Express Tribune, investigation officer Ghulam Mustafa stated the eyes of the victim were attacked with knives and he was permanently blinded. When asked about the statements of the suspects, the IO said Waqar told the police that Aish Muhammad had illicit relations with the daughter of Muhammad Hanif, the prime suspect. He added Hanif consequently ordered them to attack the victim on some agricultural land.

Waqar confessed that the assailants attacked Aish with knives and also damaged his private parts.



Muhammad Sarwar, the uncle of victim Aish Muhammad, said his nephew did not have illicit relations with the daughter of Hanif. He said a person named Sohail had illicit relations with Hanif’s daughter and Aish was caught when delivering a letter to the girl.

His uncle said the accused held a grudge against the victim ever since and hatched a plot to kill him. He said doctors at Jinnah Hospital and other private medical institutes declared that the victim had been permanently blinded. He said the accused party was also issuing death threats to the victim’s family if they pursued the case.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, July 13^th, 2017.