Shahzeb Khan. PHOTO: FILE
The investigating officer, Muhammad Mubeen, appeared before the court to record his statement in the murder trial before the judge, Ghulam Mustafa Memon, of the ATC-III. The officer will record his complete statement on Tuesday.
When the case came up for hearing, the officer told the court that investigation of the case were transferred to him from the first investigating officer after the apex court took suo motu notice of the case in January this year. Mubeen, who stood before the court around noon, said that he had arrested all four suspects of the case, presented them before a judicial magistrate for identification parades, recorded statements of the witnesses and completed several legal formalities of the case.
In the evening, the officer requested the court to give him some time for rest as he was standing before the court since noon. Following the request, the court allowed him to rest for an hour. The in-charge deputy district public prosecutor for the state, Abdul Maroof, told The Express Tribune that the officer requested the court for rest saying that he was a diabetic patient.
When the hearing resumed after a short break, the officer as well as the defence counsels urged the court to adjourn the case, Maroof said. Earlier, the court had expressed annoyance over the officer’s plea for time to testify in the Shahzeb Khan murder trial, observing that the proceedings were already delayed by a month despite the Supreme Court directions to concluding them in seven days.
On Saturday, Inspector Muhammad Mobin had pleaded for a day’s time to prepare his statement. The judge had told him to appear on Monday. According to Maroof, Mobin was the last prosecution witness in the case, adding that after his deposition the prosecution’s side would be closed. The hearing will resume today.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 23rd, 2013.
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@Salman: @MUZZAMIL HUSSAIN: I dont understand what you mean by saying that this is pakistan so nothing will happen? The proceedings are on going and hopefully all the people responsible for this crime will suffer the consequences! And we should have patience till the verdict is heard. And yes it was unfortunate that shahrukh got shifted to a class B jail but he is still in jail which means that there is still hope! Shahzeb will get the justice he deserves!
This is pakistan. there is no justice no law and and so called Democracy.
we should first change the law.
Shame on you who said democracy is the best.
Nothing would happen Shahzeb. :( This is Pakistan, despite every attempt to bring you justice, your killer would roam free after the case extends day by day to month by month, finally, people would forget about you and the killer would be set free. That's our justice, I feel ashamed to be a part of such a country.