Police submit challan in women’s scuffle case after one year

Islamabad
On directions of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi, an investigation officer (IO) of the Women's Police Station submitted the challan of a case before the judicial magistrate in a scuffle case between two women after lapse of one year.
As per petitioner, police did not submit the challan for the last one year which should have been submitted before a court within fifteen days.
The case pertained to a scuffle between two women, Ghazal Gillani (wife of an Islamabad magistrate) and Saima Khan (wife of deputy commissioner Hunza Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan).
Ghazal Gillani filed the petition in the court while submitting that police under the influence of Saima Khan’s husband had not been submitting the challan of the case for the last one year.
Petitioner Ghazal Gillani, a resident of Shahzad Town, in her petition, has nominated the Islamabad SSP, Women's Police Station (SHO) and Muhammad Ishfaq, sub-inspector-investigation officer (IO) as respondents.
Legal counsel of Ghazal Gillani, Syed Nayab Hussan Gerdezi, while talking to this correspondent, said that in April last year Saima Khan entered into the house of Ghazal and beat her. Her client then registered an FIR against Saima Khan under Sections 506(ii)/427, 337 F(i), 337 F(ii), 337 A (1) with WPS Islamabad on April 30, 2014. Later, Siama Khan also lodged a complaint with the same police station on May 20, 2014 in which she narrated the story otherwise and accused Ghazal of beating her. Now FIRs were registered against both women, while Ghazal Gillani applied for bail that was granted and confirmed. According to the petitioner, Saima Khan also applied for bail that was dismissed on November 07, 2014 and now she is an absconder.
The petitioner told the court the local police under influence of Saima Khan’s husband neither initiated fair investigation nor the accused was arrested. Above all police also did not submit challan-report under Section 173 CrPC. Before that the petitioner also tried to avail remedy with the trial court that issued notices a number of times to the SHO but he did not submit the challan. The petitioner said that the accused, Saima Khan, and her husband are trying their best by hook and by crook to involve the petitioner in false cases, litigations and the local police as well as local administration have joined hands with the accused. That on refusing the request of patching up the matter, the local administration, under the influence of Siama Khan’s husband, directed the local police to remove the CCTV cameras from the house of the petitioner.
The IHC bench accepted the petition and as per petitioner’s husband, judicial magistrate women police station has also issued warrants against Saima Khan.