KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has suggested the withdrawal of administrative powers from the presiding judge of the anti-terrorism court (ATC) I, who had refused to grant the physical remand of Armaghan, the prime suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case.
A two-member bench, headed by Justice Zafar Rajput, issued a detailed verdict on the matter.
According to the acting prosecutor general, the decision to strip the judge of his powers was made following allegations of record tampering.
The prosecution had filed four petitions against the ATC judge, arguing that he had rejected the request for the suspect’s physical remand at the initial level.
During the previous hearing, the ATC registrar submitted the case record to the SHC, and the current investigating officer informed the court that while police remand had initially been granted, the suspect was later sent to jail custody at 7pm earlier this month.
Justice Zafar observed that a physical remand had been altered to jail custody by striking out the original order.
