IHC awards imprisonment to Islamabad DC, SSP in contempt case

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday awarded six-month sentence to Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon while four-month to SSP Operations Malik Jameel Zafar in a contempt of court case for issuance of MPO orders against Shehryar Khan Afridi.

The court also announced two-month jail sentence to Margalla SHO asir Mehmood in the same case. However, the court discharged SP Farooq Buttar from the charges.

The court suspended the sentences of the accused for one month and said that they would be sent to Adiala Jail if they failed to file the appeals against their convictions within the said time. IHC’s Justice Babar Sattar pronounced the 73-page verdict which was earlier reserved.

The court also imposed Rs100,000 fine against each accused and ordered to distribute the amount among the affectees of MPO orders.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon and SSP Operations Malik Jameel Zafar have filed intra-court appeals against their convictions in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri would take up the appeals on March 4.