Criminal intimidation: Bail confirmed for man and teenage sons

Accused says he has been falsely implicated by a cousin.


Rana Yasif February 16, 2012

LAHORE:


Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Qasim on Thursday confirmed the pre-arrest bails of a man and his two teenage sons, who are accused of beating the complainant in a dispute over a piece of land.


Abdul Qayyum, a vegetable seller, and his sons Hamza and Qasim, students of grade 9 and 8, were granted bail at Rs50,000 each. Qayyum told the court that they were innocent.

He said that on February 8, his cousin Javed Aslam had gotten drunk and abused him. He said he had called the police at 15 (helpline). He said a fight broke out and the police arrived 20 minutes later.

He said his relatives had urged him not to register a complaint against Aslam as it was a family matter, but the next day he found out that Aslam had moved a complaint against him. He said that their dispute centred on a piece of land over which both claimed ownership. He said Aslam was trying to sell the land while claiming to be its sole owner. He said he had obtained a stay order against the sale.

According to the FIR registered at Shadbagh police station, Qayyum, his sons and an unidentified person had forced their way into Aslam’s house armed with steel rods and beat up him and his family on February 8. He said his wife had been knocked out with a blow to the head in the attack.

The FIR was registered under Sections 337/L11 (damages for grievous hurt), 452 (trespass), 354 (assault on a woman) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Qayyum, talking to The Express Tribune, alleged that the police were in league with the complainant. He said they had pledged to dismiss the FIR, provided Qayyum agreed to lift his objection to the sale of the disputed piece of land. He said police officials had also threatened to implicate him in other cases if the stay order was not lifted.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 17th, 2012.

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