Fakhar Zamman was wanted by Murree police on charges that he and his gang bullied two brothers, Masoodur Rehman and Saeedur Rehman. The Police booked them under section 337 F-5, which is a non-bailable offence.
Fakhar Zamman and his gang members Fayyaz, Hammad and Saqib - residents of Ghora Gali, Abbottabad - had old animosity against these two brothers.
A few months back, the gang found out about the Rehman brothers’ arrival from their native village of Nagri Tutial.
The four suspects intercepted the brothers and started beating them with sticks and iron rods, severely injuring them.
Later the local police registered an FIR on Masood’s application, after he provided the medical report of his injuries. All suspects were booked.
While Zamman’s gang members surrendered to the police and later managed to get out on bail, he continued to elude the authorities for four months.
Meanwhile Zamman’s family members applied for a pre-bail arrest but the judicial magistrate rejected their plea and declared Fakhar an “absconder”.
When Zamman was finally arrested, he was kept in a lockup for eight days before being sent to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi. His lawyer, Raja Khurram, while arguing on the bail application of Fakhar Zamman admitted before the magistrate that the absconder was given lavish treatment in the local police station’s lockup.
However the court granted bail to Zamman, after hearing arguments from both sides.
Babar Ali, Advocate of the Supreme Court, who was also a counsel of the victims asserted afterwards, “Even though the magistrate has the powers to grant bail, it usually does not happen when a suspect is declared an absconder.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 6th, 2010.
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