Staff Reporter
Lahore
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday blasted the Punjab police over the illegal acts committed by police officials. Chief Justice Qasim Khan while hearing a bail plea of a woman booked in drug case ordered release of the accused on deposit of one lac rupees security bonds.
“They have paralyzed the judicial system, every day cases of lawlessness of police officials surface before the judiciary,” the top judge said. “The rules are not made to protect misdeeds of police,” Justice Qasim Khan said. “Police has registered a case of recovery of two kilo hashish from my client,” the counsel of the accused said. They have booked her in a cooked up case, the counsel further said.
Referring the arrest of the key accused of Lahore Motorway rape case, chief justice said that a statement of the father of Abid Malhi said that he has himself produced his son to the police. “They have reached to the extreme in their illegal actions across Punjab,” the chief justice remarked. “When a court bailiff raid the police, they tamper dates describing arrests in previous dates,” Justice Qasim Khan said.
