LAHORE: An additional district and sessions court on Saturday set a citizen free after getting him recovered from illegal custody of the Nawab Town police station.

Malik Ghaffor filed a habeas corpus petition alleging that the Nawab Town station house officer had been keeping his brother, Hafiz Tahir, in illegal custody for the last two days.

He said his brother was not required by the police in any criminal case and the SHO was keeping him in illegal custody and demanding bribe for his release.

He appealed to the court to depute a bailiff to recover his brother. Following court orders, a bailiff raided the Nawab Town police station and recovered Tahir from the lock-up.

The bailiff submitted in its report to the court that no case was registered against the man in the FIR register.

The court freed the detenue and directed the SSP discipline to take a departmental action against the SHO.

custody case: An additional district and sessions judge on Saturday handed over a five-year-old girl to her mother after recovering from her father’s custody.

Shama Bibi had filed a petition and stated that her husband Mushtaq kicked her out of the house over some domestic issue and snatched her daughter Maria.

In compliance with the court orders, the Shalimar police produced Mushtaq along with the girl before the court.

AD&SJ Shahida Saeed handed over the girl to her mother and disposed of the petition.

Published in Dawn, February 15th, 2015