Police station attack case: ATC issues warrants for Sufi Muhammad’s accomplices

Three co-accused and the cleric will record their statements on March 14, says lawyer.

PESHAWAR: After an application seeking the acquittal of Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad was dismissed two months ago, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) has issued arrest warrants for his three accomplices in a police station attack case.

A hearing pertaining to the attack which took place on June 18, 1995 was held inside Central Prison Peshawar on Saturday. ATC judge Abdur Rauf Khan was informed that the co-accused had earlier obtained bail in the case.

“Three other accomplices have obtained bails from the court in the police station attack case and today the ATC issued their arrest warrants,” Adil Majeed, Sufi Muhammad’s attorney, told The Express Tribune.

Without confirming their names, Majeed said the three men and Sufi Muhammad will record their statements in court on March 14.

Case history

On December 18, 2014, Judge Rauf Khan dismissed an application for the TSNM chief’s acquittal in the case. The application was submitted under Section 265-K of the Code of Criminal Procedure which empowers the court to acquit the accused in a case before the conclusion of trial if there is lack of evidence against him.

According to the case details, on June 18, 1995, Sufi Muhammad and his accomplices held a demonstration outside Kabal police station in Swat and then allegedly attacked it. No human loss was reported in the incident.

Kabal police then registered a case against the TNSM chief and around 800 unidentified people.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 22^nd, 2015.