KARACHI, Dec 13: An alleged gangster of Lyari, Arshad Pappu, was acquitted on Saturday in a narcotics case due to a lack of evidence.
The VIth Additional District and Sessions Judge (west), Noman Memon, allowed an acquittal application under Section 265-K of the criminal procedure code moved by the counsel for the accused stating that the prosecution had neither provided any evidence against his client nor had it examined the witnesses despite a lapse of 11 years.
The judge observed that there was no possibility of conviction as the court found no evidence which might connect the accused with the alleged offence.
A case regarding the possession of 400 grams of heroin was registered against Arshad Pappu in 1996 under Sections 3 and 4 of the Enforcement of Hadd Order, 1979 at the Pak Colony police station.
Forex scam
A district and sessions court allowed on Saturday an application for a better class in jail filed by three suspects allegedly involved in a money laundering case.
Abdul Munaf Kalia, his brother, Hanif Kalia, and Javed Khanani, had moved the application through their counsel in the court of District and Sessions Judge (south) Muhammad Faheem Siddiqui, stating that they were entitled to a better class in the prison. The Federal Investigation Agency had arrested the suspects for their alleged involvement in illegally transferring billions of dollars from Pakistan. Later, they were remanded in judicial custody. The suspects were booked in a case (76/08) under Sections 5/8, 22/23 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 read with Sections 7, 8 & 20 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance, 2007 and Sections 420, 467, 471, 477-A of the Pakistan Penal Code at the FIA crimes circle, Karachi. The FIA Lahore had also lodged a separate case against them under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 and the Pakistan Penal Code.
Meanwhile, the same court directed the jail authorities to allow the suspects to meet their counsel.
Earlier, the suspects’ counsel had filed another application in the court maintaining that the jail authorities had barred him from meeting his clients which was the violation of the rights of the suspects.
Kidnap suspects remanded
The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts, Karachi, on Saturday remanded two suspects in judicial custody till Dec 26 for kidnapping a two-year-old girl for ransom.
Javed and Sohail were facing charges of kidnapping Raiba, daughter of a garment factory owner, in Bahadurabad on Nov 24.
According to the prosecution, the suspects had kidnapped the girl with the help of her maidservant, Samreen, and her aunt Yasmin. They demanded a ransom of Rs2 million from the girl’s father and released the victim on Nov 26 after collecting the ransom money.
Later, a team of the Anti-Violent Crime Cell had arrested the suspects. Both the female suspects have already been in judicial custody.
A case was registered at Bahadurabad police station under Section 365-A of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 on the compliant of the victim’s father. The court directed the investigation officer to submit the charge-sheet on the date of next hearing.
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