http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=170789 LHC CJ takes suo motu over woman’s nose chopping
Saturday, April 04, 2009
By Our Correspondent
LAHORE
THE Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court on Friday took Suo Motu notice of an incident in which a man chopped off the nose of his ex-wife for contracting second marriage.
The CJ initiated proceedings on a report forwarded by LHC Registrar Syed Nasir Ali Shah and sought comprehensive report from the provincial law officer until April 10 about what action has been taken against the accused and what treatment was being given to the victim.
As per news published in a section of press, Muhammad Hussain of Pakpattan chopped off nose of Fatima. She said her brother had given her in marriage to Hussain, an old man who forced her to live in sin, which she refused and got a divorce through a family court.
Thereafter, she married with Mustafa, a brother-in-law of Hussain. She said that Hussain entered her house along with armed men and chopped her nose with a sharp edged weapon.
The Registrar wrote in his report that the incident was gory and outrageous, which had obviously created sensation, alarm and insecurity among the public.
The failure of the police to come to the rescue of the victim has rendered the incident more disgraceful and terrible.
Man recovered from police custody, freed: District and Sessions Judge Abdul Razzaq Bhatti on Friday set a hotel manager at liberty after getting him recovered from the illegal custody of the Naulakha police.
The recovery orders were issued by the judge on a habeas corpus petition filed by the detainee’s lawyer, alleging that the Naulakha police had been holding Muhammad Ilyas, in their illegal custody for the last five days.
He stated in his petition that the detainee was not required by the police in any criminal case and the has been held to take bribe. He prayed before the court that a bailiff may be deputed for the recovery of Ilyas.
The court bailiff raided the Naulakha police station where the detainee was present in the investigation lock-up in handcuffs.
He submitted in his report that no case was registered against him in the FIR register. Later, the court in the light of the bailiff’s report acquitted him.
Death sentence for murderer: An additional district and sessions court on Friday awarded death sentence to an accused of murder and also directed him to pay Rs. 100,000 compensation to the deceased’s family.
Accused Khalil Ahmed had murdered one Dilber Sadiq in September 2005 over some unknown dispute. The Manawan police had arrested accused Khalil on the complaint of deceased’s wife. On Friday hearing, the judge awarded death sentence to Khalil after his defendants failed to prove him innocent. In case of default, the accused will have to undergo six-month imprisonment.
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