LAHORE – Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Monday tooknotice of statements of Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikhagainst the courts for discouraging the efforts of the police by releasingsuspects.
Chief Justice observed that the suspects get bail due to incompetence ofthe law enforcement to prove the charges.
Justice Qasim directed a provincial law officer to submit a report on thepolice chief’s statements.
“Tell this police officer that the courts grant bail to suspects under thelaw only, also make it clear to him that the courts are not subordinate tothe police”, CJ remarked.
Expressing displeasure over the top cop statement, the judge said thesuspects get bail due to the police’s own failure but they try to shiftblame to the courts.
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Courts are here to serve the people and not to hear police officers’ rants.The advocate general of Punjab had a responsibility to initiate contemptproceedings against such police officers for damaging the court’sreputation, he added.
CJ LHC instructed the officer to scrutinise all interviews of CCPO andsubmit a report to the court.
Expressing serious concerns over such incidents, the chief justice remindedthe law officer that no extra-constitutional act or a single contemptuousword would be tolerated.
