Qasas Ordinance: 3 Iranian security personnel acquitted
The men accused of killing a Pakistani will pay compensation to the family of the deceased.
QUETTA:
Three Iranian security personnel booked for killing a Pakistani national and injuring another in Mashkel were acquitted by the Sessions Judge of Kharan on Saturday after successful negotiations between the victims’ family and the accused.
According to a senior official of the Balochistan government, the Iranians were released under the Qasas Ordinance. Under the ordinance, the accused are obliged to pay compensation to the family of the deceased. The amount of money in this instance was undisclosed.
The Iranian personnel appeared before Sessions Judge Kharan Mir Abdul Rasheed Umrani; the parents of the victim were also present. The victims’ family submitted a statement, declaring their wish to withdraw charges. Abdul Ghani Reki, the father of victim Saeed Reki, had earlier lodged the case against the Iranian personnel.
Following a tightening of security along the Iranian border, on December 31, 2011, the three Iranians entered Pakistani territory in Mashkel tehsil of Washuk District and shot dead Saeed. They also injured his younger brother Ismail Gul Reki, who is reportedly in his early teens.
Pakistani security personnel had chased and arrested the three men, and handed them over to the Balochistan Levies for legal proceedings. Law enforcement agencies booked the three for manslaughter and border violation.
The sessions judge considered the statement by the victims’ family and acquitted the three men. However, the court fined the security personnel Rs9,000 each, under the Foreigners Act, for violating the Iran-Pakistan border.
Announcing the judgment, the court ordered the Mashkel administration to deport the security personnel to Iran.
“The personnel will soon be handed over to Iran,” a Balochistan government official said.
Local tribal elders played a role in arranging negotiations between the victims’ family and the arrested security personnel.
Earlier, Iran closed the border along Mashkel after the arrest of its security personnel and also approached the Pakistan government for their immediate release. However, Pakistan had refused to release the personnel for violating border rules and killing the Pakistani national.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 15th, 2012.
Three Iranian security personnel booked for killing a Pakistani national and injuring another in Mashkel were acquitted by the Sessions Judge of Kharan on Saturday after successful negotiations between the victims’ family and the accused.
According to a senior official of the Balochistan government, the Iranians were released under the Qasas Ordinance. Under the ordinance, the accused are obliged to pay compensation to the family of the deceased. The amount of money in this instance was undisclosed.
The Iranian personnel appeared before Sessions Judge Kharan Mir Abdul Rasheed Umrani; the parents of the victim were also present. The victims’ family submitted a statement, declaring their wish to withdraw charges. Abdul Ghani Reki, the father of victim Saeed Reki, had earlier lodged the case against the Iranian personnel.
Following a tightening of security along the Iranian border, on December 31, 2011, the three Iranians entered Pakistani territory in Mashkel tehsil of Washuk District and shot dead Saeed. They also injured his younger brother Ismail Gul Reki, who is reportedly in his early teens.
Pakistani security personnel had chased and arrested the three men, and handed them over to the Balochistan Levies for legal proceedings. Law enforcement agencies booked the three for manslaughter and border violation.
The sessions judge considered the statement by the victims’ family and acquitted the three men. However, the court fined the security personnel Rs9,000 each, under the Foreigners Act, for violating the Iran-Pakistan border.
Announcing the judgment, the court ordered the Mashkel administration to deport the security personnel to Iran.
“The personnel will soon be handed over to Iran,” a Balochistan government official said.
Local tribal elders played a role in arranging negotiations between the victims’ family and the arrested security personnel.
Earlier, Iran closed the border along Mashkel after the arrest of its security personnel and also approached the Pakistan government for their immediate release. However, Pakistan had refused to release the personnel for violating border rules and killing the Pakistani national.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 15th, 2012.