KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday reserved its verdict on application filed by the former senior superintendent of police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar, seeking B-class jail facilities in Naqeebullah Mehsood murder case.
Rao Anwar, through his counsel, filed an application requesting the ATC to allow B-class facilities for him in the prison on which the judge reserved his verdict that will be pronounced later. Meanwhile the court also issued non bail able warrants for the arrest of absconding accused.
Earlier, then SSP Malir had moved bail application in the court, requesting it release him on bail while terming the charges labeled against him as false.
The defence counsel had contended that Rao Anwar was not present at the scene of said encounter and there were contradictions in the charge sheet, JIT report and geo-fencing.
The then SSP Malir Rao Anwar and several other cops have been nominated in the case for allegedly Waziristan native Naqeebullah who was gunned down in ‘staged encounter’ on Jan 14, 2018. Rao Anwar had went into hiding soon after the incident came into limelight, forcing the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar for taking suo moto notice.
The apex court had conducted several hearing at Islamabad and Karachi registry and had directed the inspector general of police AD Khawaja to arrest Rao Anwar; however the Sindh police had remained clueless about him.
After dodging the law enforcers for more than two months, the then SSP Malir finally surrendered before the apex court and was arrested after his protective bail was turned down on Wednesday.
The case was registered at Sachal police station under sections 302 (premeditated murder, 365 (Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 344 (wrongful confinement for ten or more days), 109 (punishment of abetment if the Act abetted committed inconsequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment) and 34 (common intention of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
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