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ATC gives custody of 16 Jinnah House miscreants to commanding officer for trial under Army Act

ATC gives custody of 16 Jinnah House miscreants to commanding officer for trial under Army Act
May 25, 2023 Web Desk

LAHORE (92 News) - An anti-terrorism court ordered handover of 16 miscreants involved in the attack on Jinnah House to the commanding officer for their trial under the Army Act.

The court ordered the Camp Jail superintendent to hand over the accused to the commanding officer. Earlier, the commanding officer had sought the handover of the accused for their trial under the Army Act.

The accused include former MPA Mian Muhammad Akram Usman, Amar Zohaib, Ali Iftikhar, Ali Raza, Muhammad Arsalan, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Raheem, Zia-ur-Rehman, Waqas Ali, Raees Ahmad, Faisal Irshad, Muhammad Bilal Hussain, Faheem Haider, Arzam Junaid, Muhammad Hashir Khan, and Hassan Shakir.

The order issued by the court says, “In view of the request made by Irfan Athar, Commanding Officer/Military Officer, duly forwarded by the prosecution as the case of above mentioned accused is exclusively triable by a military court, therefore, while accepting the request of Commanding Officer u/s 549(3) Cr.P.C, read with Rule 7(f) of Criminal Procedure (Military Offenders) Rules 1970, Superintendent, Camp Jail, Lahore is directed to hand over the custody of above said accused to Commanding Officer for further proceedings in accordance with the law.

“They are found guilty of offences Under Sections 3,7 and 9 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 read with Section 2(1)(d) and 59(4) of Pakistan Army Act, 1952, exclusively triable by Military Court, to the acceptance of which learned DPG did not raise any objection and forwarded the request for appropriate orders.”