KHALID GUL
Islamabad (Anantnag), Sep 26: In the Anchidora cold blooded murder case, the Court has granted bail to the accused police constable against whom charges were framed earlier this year.
 Court of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Muhammad Nazir Fida, while pronouncing the judgement, held that no material evidence had come against the accused constable, Nissar Ahmad which would suggest his involvement in the killing of three teenagers.
 Three teenagers- Shuja’at-ul-Islam, 17, Ishtiyaq Ahmad Khanday, 15, and Imtiyaz Ahmad Itoo, 15, were killed in cold blood in the compound of one of the house in Anchidora area of the town on June 29, 2010 by police after the latter chased away some protesting youth. Four other persons were also injured in the firing incident.
 After hearing the arguments of the counsel of the accused, Advocate Munur-u-Din Shawl and prosecution, the Court observed: “It is a fact that police has carried the investigation in casual and faulty manner and that they have not conducted further investigations despite the Court orders.”
 It said that the witnesses had not deposed any material before the Court which would suggest the involvement of the accused.
 “The accused was allotted an AK 47 Rifle consisting of 30 rounds and he has deposited it back. So the question of consuming it does not arise at all,” the order read.
 The Court also took on the police investigation team for failing to comply with its directions to conduct further investigations into the case so that the real culprits are brought to book.
 “The police is delaying the investigation on one pretext or the other,” the court observed.
 Earlier, on March 29, the same Court had framed charges for commission of offence under 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), RPC and 27 (1) Arms Act against the accused constable Nisar Ahmad and also directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct further investigations and submit a report within a month.
 “Keeping the public importance of case in consideration and material available against the other suspected police officials, the Court had observed that the  reinvestigation of the case be carried through Inspector General of Police (IGP), S M Sahai to bring the other culprits to book.
 "The other persons who are responsible for committing this heinous crime should also be questioned and brought to book within a month," the Court order had said.
 The IGP had been asked to file the investigation report within a month.
 Talking to Greater Kashmir, the counsel for accused, Advocate Munur-u-Din Shawl said, “Though I won the case, but I lost the battle as the justice for those innocent lives is yet to be done and the guilty are still roaming free”.
 Shawl alleged that the investigation had been prejudiced and that a constable was booked only to shield the real culprits which everybody knows were the high rank police officials.
 “Despite Court directing the IGP to conduct the investigation so that other police personnel responsible are also questioned, no heed has been paid to it,” said Shawl.
 He questioned that if the police was on March, 29 asked to submit a report within a month by the Court why has it failed to do so. 
 Pertinently, the government had last year ordered magisterial inquiry into the incident which indicted five policemen including two officials into the killings, where as the police initiated separate investigation into the incident through a special investigation team (SIT) and charge-sheeted constable, Nisar Ahmad now granted bail. The government, during the last summer Assembly session, had also admitted that the three teenagers were killed in cold blood and asked the police investigating agency to consider the Magisterial Inquiry Report (MIR) conducted by then Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR).

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