Judge throws out attempted murder case against 9-month old baby

Baby Musa Khan appears in court in Lahore, sitting on his grandfather's lap and drinking from a bottle of milk.


Reuters April 12, 2014
Express News screengrab of the 9-month old baby and his grandfather.

LAHORE: A judge threw out charges of attempted murder against a nine-month-old baby on Saturday, lawyers said, in a case that cast a spotlight on the country's dysfunctional justice system.

Baby Musa Khan appeared in court in Lahore, sitting on his grandfather's lap and drinking from a bottle of milk.

He and his adult relatives were charged this month with attempting to murder a policeman after his family clashed with police and gas company workers trying to collect overdue bills. Police registered a case against the whole family.

"Police told the court that the nomination of Musa in the case of attacking police and gas company officials was a human error and Musa is not required," defense lawyer Irfan Sadiq told Reuters.

The baby's grandfather, Muhammad Yasin, and his three sons still face the charges. Pictures taken at an earlier court hearing of Musa crying as he was being fingerprinted provoked widespread ridicule and provincial officials called for an inquiry.

COMMENTS (47)

Jonas Göransson | 10 years ago | Reply

Very funny. My friends emailed this to me. I thought is was a joke when I heard about it. But it is REAL.!!! Oh Man !!! Ha Ha Haaaa... You have some really stupid police.

haha | 10 years ago | Reply

Had this taken place in Sindh, KP or Baluchistan, media and public would have gone berserk over the practices of the provincial police and government. However, this is Punjab. Nothing can be said to the 'untouchables' PML-N.

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