Illegal detention case: Contempt notice given to Saddar SHO

KARACHI: A district and sessions court issued on Monday a contempt of court notice to the Saddar police station SHO in a case pertaining to unlawful detention. The judge had directed the SHO to record the statement of the applicant and subsequently lodge a case against the SIU officials in a habeas corpus case. On Monday, applicant Muhammad Ali Channa informed the court through his lawyer that the SHO has yet to register the case. The court issued a contempt of court notice to the SHO and directed him to appear before the court and submit his reply on May 7. Earlier, Channa had filed a habeas corpus application, stating that the police picked up his son in-law, Naeem Butt, from the airport when he had arrived from Malaysia on April 25 and kept them in illegal custody. He had requested the court for his recovery.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, May 6^th, 2014.