No negotiations: No bail for kidnapper, says judge
Bashir Ahmed Khoso given bail after the argument that he would commit more serious crimes than when he was locked up.
KARACHI:
If kidnappers get bail, this would tantamount to giving them a licence to kidnap an demand huge amounts in ransom, argued a prosecutor on Monday.
The judge of the anti-terrorism court, Bashir Ahmed Khoso, was inclined to agree and rejected a request for bail by a man who had kidnapped the son of a poultry farm owner for Rs40 million.
According to the prosecution, Mehmood Ahmed, the father of the alleged victim Muhammad Tayyeb, had lodged an FIR at Gadap City police station. Tayyeb used to go to the farm in the morning and return before dusk but on December 23, 2009 he did not come home. The family got a call from the alleged kidnappers who demanded 40 million rupees. After negotiations they agreed to lower the ransom money to one million rupees.
Special Public Prosecutor Muhammad Khan Buriro opposed the request for bail maintaining that the alleged kidnapping had terrorised the family for days at a stretch and therefore deserved no concessions like bail.
The victim was released on December 31 after eight days in captivity. The accused were arrested later by Inspector Ateeq-ur Rahman of the Anti-Violent Crime Cell and put through an identification parade on February 8 2011.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2011.
If kidnappers get bail, this would tantamount to giving them a licence to kidnap an demand huge amounts in ransom, argued a prosecutor on Monday.
The judge of the anti-terrorism court, Bashir Ahmed Khoso, was inclined to agree and rejected a request for bail by a man who had kidnapped the son of a poultry farm owner for Rs40 million.
According to the prosecution, Mehmood Ahmed, the father of the alleged victim Muhammad Tayyeb, had lodged an FIR at Gadap City police station. Tayyeb used to go to the farm in the morning and return before dusk but on December 23, 2009 he did not come home. The family got a call from the alleged kidnappers who demanded 40 million rupees. After negotiations they agreed to lower the ransom money to one million rupees.
Special Public Prosecutor Muhammad Khan Buriro opposed the request for bail maintaining that the alleged kidnapping had terrorised the family for days at a stretch and therefore deserved no concessions like bail.
The victim was released on December 31 after eight days in captivity. The accused were arrested later by Inspector Ateeq-ur Rahman of the Anti-Violent Crime Cell and put through an identification parade on February 8 2011.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2011.