LAHORE: The Lahore Excessive Courtroom (LHC) on Tuesday issued notices to events over a miscellaneous plea of making the FIA a celebration whereas listening to a petition in opposition to killings in alleged police encounters in Punjab.
A single bench of Justice Shahram Sarwar adjourned additional listening to of the case till April 04.
Azhar Siddique advocated had filed a petition in court docket in opposition to killing in alleged police encounters in Punjab.
Punjab Police in its reply to the court docket had rejected allegations of pretend encounters involving the Crime Management Division (CCD), stating that crime charges throughout the province have dropped by as much as 60% for the reason that division’s institution.
An in depth report was submitted to the Lahore Excessive Courtroom in response to the petition difficult alleged CCD encounters.
Petitioners pleaded that residents are being killed in alleged police encounters in Punjab since January 2025 and round 1100 folks have been killed until now.
“The supreme judiciary has declared alleged encounters a violation of the structure and the regulation in its varied selections,” in keeping with the petition. “Advocate Zeeshan Shabbir Dhaddi’s current homicide in Vehari has been an instance of alleged police encounter,” the petition learn.
Petitioner argued that the FIA has been sure to conduct inquiry of the custodial killing inside 30 days. “Regardless of the regulation in enforcement, the FIA didn’t conduct inquiry of any killing,” in keeping with the petition.
Petitioners search the court docket’s quick order to halt police encounters in Punjab and direct the FIA to conduct inquiry of all killings in police encounters since January 2025.
Petitioners additionally search the Lahore Excessive Courtroom’s order for strict implementation of the ‘Anti-Custodial Killings Act 2022’.
