Petitoner claims he saw the accused Mohammad Azeem beating his brother with an iron rod who died on the spot. PHOTO:FILE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Safdar Ali Bhatti on Saturday adjourned till January 3 a murder case to allow parties to the case to negotiate a settlement.
In a case registered with the Islampura police under Section 302, Khwaja Shahid Mehmood had said he visited Islampura to meet his brother Khwaja Tariq Mehmood and found the accused, Mohammad Azeem, beating his brother with an iron rod. He said his brother died on the spot. He said his brother had married Azeem’s mother, but had not been living with her. Azeem is in jail and has applied for bail.
SHO told to file reply
An additional district and sessions judge has sought comments from a station house officer by January 4 on a petition seeking a case against a man who allegedly demanded money from the petitioner and threatened him with death. Petitioner Mohammad Adeel said that on December 28, he had received a call from a man who introduced himself as Azeem and demanded Rs30,000. He said he threatened to kill him in case his demand was not met. He told the court that he had visited the Mozang SHO with a complaint, but he did not register a case.
Woman moves court against husband
An additional district and sessions judge on Saturday sought comments from an SHO by January 5 on a petition filed by a woman seeking a case against her husband ‘who fraudulently took Rs5 million from her’.
Petitioner Jameela Bibi said she had married Mohammad Tariq in 2008. She said her parents had invested in an insurance plan when she was a child. She said she had now received the amount but her husband had snatched it. She said when she demanded the money back, he thrashed her.
She said she had visited the Ghalib Market police station, but the SHO had not met her. She prayed to the court to direct the SHO to recover the money and register a case against her husband.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2012.
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