Category: Illegal detention
Bailiff recovers ‘robber’ from police custody
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday disposed of a habeas corpus petition against the Kasur A-division police for keeping an alleged robber in illegal detention. A bailiff recovered the suspect from the police station and produced him before the court. The suspect was unable to walk and police personnel had supported him. An officer […]
Bailiff rescues student from police custody
TOBA TEK SINGH: A court bailiff raided on Tuesday the Gojra city police station and rescued student engineer Sajjad Haider who was being held there without any case. Ahsan Raza, of Gojra, filed a petition in the court of District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Yar Wallana that police had held his brother unlawfully. When the […]
SHC seeks comments on petition against illegal detentions
Published in: Daily Times KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the interior secretary, home secretary, provincial police chief and the Sindh Rangers’ director general to file comments on a petition against illegal detention of three citizens by the personnel of law enforcement agencies. The petitioner, Sofia Saeed Shaikh submitted that his brother […]
Man got freed from ‘illegal’ custody
Published in: Dawn KARACHI: On the directive of a sessions court, a bailiff on Thursday raided the Darakhshan police station and recovered a man apparently kept there in wrongful confinement. The bailiff raided the police station along with the applicant and his lawyer and recovered detainee Anis Ahmed Khan, who was said to have been […]
Man found in illegal custody released
Published in: Dawn SUKKUR: A court official paid a surprise visit to the Abad police station in Jacobabad on Monday and ordered release of a man found held in unlawful confinement in its lock-up. Azizullah Jamali was appointed raid commissioner by the Jacobabad district and sessions court on an application filed by Raham Ali […]
Punjab youth in illegal custody of Sindh Police
The News KARACHI: A young man namely Majid Niazi of Sahiwal, Punjab, is allegedly in illegal confinement of Sindh Police in district Sanghar, The News has learnt. Sources within the police department told The News that sooner than later Majid Niazi will be killed by the Sindh Police showing him dead in a traditional police […]
