Lynching case referred to CJ

LAHORE
JUSTICE Anwarul Haq of the Lahore High Court Tuesday refused to hear the case of suspects detained for their involvement in lynching of two men outside Yuhanaabad in retaliation for suicide attacks on churches.
Justice Anwarul Haq sent the case to chief justice for its fixing before another judge. Christian leader Joseph Frances and others moved a petition before the LHC seeking release of Christians detained in connection with lynching of two men. Justice Anwarul Haq observed that since he had been Frances’ counsel in the past, he would not hear the instant case in the larger interest of justice. Previously the case was fixed before Justice Mahmood Maqbool Bajwa but he was not available on Tuesday, so the case was fixed before Justice Anwarul Haq. MA Joseph and others filed the petitions alleging that the police took their family members in custody without any evidence and denied access to them. They said the police did not produce the arrested men before any court of law. Petitioners claimed that arrested men had no link with the lynching incident.