Taking cognizance of “illegal detention” of a person in lockup here, chief judicial magistrate Srinagar ordered for attachment of a police officer with the office of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Srinagar on Friday.
The court issued order after the station house officer (SHO)police station Shaheed Gunj submitted written statement before the court thatdetained person Muhammad Ayoub Dar has been “handed over to family” as he wasfound innocent.
However, family told court that Dar was still in lockup andpolice was “misleading” the court and “telling lies.”
Acting tough, the court ordered attachment of the SHO withimmediate effect and further directed SP South and magistrate 1st Class tocollect CCTV footage of police station Shaheed Gunj and produce the same beforeit by or before 3 pm today itself.
The CCTV footage was called for to check the claims of SHOwhether he had handed over the detainee to family.
In the evening however, the SP south appeared before thecourt and filed a written statement, following which the victim was releasedfrom lockup on Friday evening.
“My client (detainee) was handed over to me by SDPOconcerned. The matter has been resolved now,” said advocate Babar Qadri,counsel for the petitioner.
On Thursday the petitioner had through his counsel filedbail application before the court, submitting that the SHO kept his brotherMuhammad Ayoub Dar of Ganistan Sumbal in “police lockup without following thedue procedure of law and without any reasonable reason.”
Subsequently the court had sought report from SHO in thematter. But as per the family the SHO had “torn the copy of court order.”
The family filed another application before court, seekingcontempt of court proceedings against the SHO. The court had issued arrestwarrant against the SHO for showing “disregard” to the court, with directionsto the SSP Srinagar to execute the order. However, at around 10:30 am today,the SHO had appeared before the court along with senior prosecuting officer.