IHC reserves judgment in Tayyaba torture case

ISLAMABAD: In the matter of Tayyaba, a juvenile house maid, who was allegedly tortured by the wife of an ADSJ Islamabad in December 2016 and after media reports, Supreme Court of Pakistan had taken suo moto notice, Justice Aamer Farooq of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Tuesday reserved judgment after the trial is complete.

Since the state is complainant in this case, advocate general Islamabad Tariq Mehmood Jehangiri appeared on behalf of Tayyaba and forwarded arguments.

Last hearing on March 13, IHC bench had dismissed an application of the OSD judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan who alleged that the incident was given a media hype due to the interests of a property tycoon against whom he had passed certain orders.

Additional district & session judge Khan who was later made an OSD is an accused in this case alongside his wife Maheen Zafar. On March 13, IHC bench dismissing his application had declared that the accused wants to use delaying tactics.

IHC had observed that though the accused wanted to place the above mentioned record in his defence to prove that he had been subjected to media trial but even in case if the record is summoned and examined it never nullifies the wrongdoing of the accused.