Shahzeb Khan murder trial: Last witness expected to complete statement today
IO requests for time to rest after recording incomplete statement.
Shahzeb Khan. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
The policeman investigating Shahzeb Khan’s murder case recorded his incomplete statement before an anti-terrorism (ATC) court on Monday.
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.
The policeman investigating Shahzeb Khan’s murder case recorded his incomplete statement before an anti-terrorism (ATC) court on Monday.
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.