Mustafa Amir case: SHC approves pleas for Armughan's remand

In the Mustafa Amir murder case, the Sindh High Court announced its reserved verdict on all four petitions and approved the remand of the accused, Armughan, on Tuesday. Additionally, the court referred the physical remand plea to an anti-terrorism court.

Earlier, the court had reserved its verdict on the police petition requesting Armughan’s remand after raising significant concerns regarding the alteration of the police remand order.

The SHC noted that the order had been tampered with by using white concealer to modify the police remand of the accused into judicial custody, which prevented the police from conducting their investigation.

The SHC judge heard the police petition seeking approval for Armughan’s remand in Mustafa Amir’s murder case.

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The court observed that the order was changed from police custody to judicial custody, stating that “the entire order was typed, but PC has been changed to JC by using white concealer, even word [police] was not removed.”

An official from the home department attempted to satisfy the court, saying, “We have come from the home department and brought this order from the court.” 

He added the post of registrar was vacant as the in charge was on Umrah.

Subsequently, the court reserved the verdict on the petition of the police.  

However, Prosecutor General Sindh claimed that the “Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) judge is not ready to hear us.”

He added, "A top police official was present when the court ordered the remand. The court also directed us to have the accused medically examined."

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The court questioned the prosecutor “When the court granted judicial remand, wasn't it your responsibility to get him medically examined? The court was told that the accused's father was sitting in the judge's chamber and was requesting the Prosecutor General of Sindh to adjourn the hearing for some time.

“I swear that the accused's father was present in the judge's room,” said the prosecutor general, on which he was reprimanded by the court said that “Don't say anything that you didn't write in the application,” the judge said.

During further proceedings, the Prosecutor General Sindh informed the court that police had recovered several laptops and firearms from the accused’s house.