District court rejects petition against Geeta’s ‘unlawful detention’
Court accepts Edhi lawyer's argument that proper procedure should be adopted through Foreign Office for Geeta's...
Geeta arrives in City Court for her case hearing in Karachi on September 3, 2015. PHOTO: ONLINE
KARACHI:
The District and Sessions Court South dismissed on Thursday an application filed against Geeta’s ‘unlawful detention’ under Section 552, Express News reported.
The court accepted Edhi lawyer's argument that proper procedure should be adopted through the Foreign Office for Geeta's return to her native country, India.
An application had been filed by an Indian lawyer, Momin Malik, through Pakistani lawyers, under Section 552 of the criminal procedure code, which empowers the judge to compel restoration of abducted females.
Read: Lawyers' strike: Hearing of petition against Geeta's 'unlawful detention' adjourned
Earlier, Malik had told The Express Tribune he was not interested in acquiring custody and had only come from India to help Geeta.
“Upon complaint made to a [sessions judge] on oath of the abduction or unlawful detention of a woman or of a female child under the age of 16 years, for any unlawful purpose, he may make an order for the immediate restoration of such woman to her liberty or of such female child to her husband, parent guardian or other person having the lawful charge of such child and may compel compliance with such order, using such force as may be necessary,” reads the law.
Read: Lost girl: Indian lawyer files petition against Geeta’s ‘unlawful detention’
Geeta, an Indian mute and deaf girl has been stranded in Pakistan for the last 13 years. She was handed over to the Edhi Foundation by the Punjab Rangers when she crossed the border by mistake.
The District and Sessions Court South dismissed on Thursday an application filed against Geeta’s ‘unlawful detention’ under Section 552, Express News reported.
The court accepted Edhi lawyer's argument that proper procedure should be adopted through the Foreign Office for Geeta's return to her native country, India.
An application had been filed by an Indian lawyer, Momin Malik, through Pakistani lawyers, under Section 552 of the criminal procedure code, which empowers the judge to compel restoration of abducted females.
Read: Lawyers' strike: Hearing of petition against Geeta's 'unlawful detention' adjourned
Earlier, Malik had told The Express Tribune he was not interested in acquiring custody and had only come from India to help Geeta.
“Upon complaint made to a [sessions judge] on oath of the abduction or unlawful detention of a woman or of a female child under the age of 16 years, for any unlawful purpose, he may make an order for the immediate restoration of such woman to her liberty or of such female child to her husband, parent guardian or other person having the lawful charge of such child and may compel compliance with such order, using such force as may be necessary,” reads the law.
Read: Lost girl: Indian lawyer files petition against Geeta’s ‘unlawful detention’
Geeta, an Indian mute and deaf girl has been stranded in Pakistan for the last 13 years. She was handed over to the Edhi Foundation by the Punjab Rangers when she crossed the border by mistake.