Imran had filed the complaint at Badami Bagh police station under Section 295/C of the Pakistan Penal Code. PHOTO: FILE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ghulam Murtaza on Wednesday directed the SHO concerned to produce prosecution witnesses for September 5 against Sawan Masih who was accused of blasphemy leading to the Joseph Colony arson and rioting earlier this year.
The judge then adjourned the jail trial proceedings.
Shahid Imran had stated in the FIR that he had been out for a walk early in the morning with his neighbour Muhammad Shafique. He said that they had been talking to each other when Sawan Masih appeared and used derogatory language against Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Imran said that they warned him not to use such language but Sawan Masih did not stop. He said Sawan Masih fled when they tried to detain him. Imran had filed the complaint at Badami Bagh police station under Section 295/C of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 22nd, 2013.
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Where is the case for burning the locality? I guess that the judicial system doesn't regard tat as a crime
Is this believable?Somebody knowing fully well what happens in Pakistan, deliberately started using blasphemy in front of muslims.What can the possible purpose of the alleged blasphemy,other than a death wish- more likely a death-wish for the alleged man by the accusers.Is there any doubt how silly and ill-abused this law is?