Case Details

Citation(s)
2016 SLG 2744 2016 SLD 2744 2016 PCRLJ 697
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No. 13843 of 2015, decided on 7th July, 2015.
MUHAMMAD ANWAARUL HAQ, JUSTICE AND ARSHAD MAHMOOD TABASSUM, JUSTICE
Syed Iqbal Hussain Shah Gillani for Petitioner. Sittar Sahil, Assistant Advocate-General for the State

ADEEL HAIDER - ER

VS

GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB THROUGH SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT AND 4 OTHERS --Respondent

Law:

Section:

. Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997) --------- ----------S. 11-EEEE --------- Detention --------- Member of proscribed organization --------- Petitioner was taken into custody and detained by authorities under S. 11-EEEE of Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 as he was member of a proscribed organization --------- Validity --------- Conclusions drawn by inquiry officer were based on intelligence reports --------- No material was available to hold that such conclusions were irrelevant or without any substance --------- Petitioner regularly attended secret gatherings/meetings of proscribed organization and propagated nefarious designs of the organization --------- High Court declined to intervene in the detention order passed by authorities --------- Constitutional Petition was dismissed in circumstances. THIS ORDER PASSED BY: MUHAMMAD ANWAARUL HAQ, JUSTICE In exercise of his powers conferred upon him under section 11-EEEE(1) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), read with Notification No. SO/(Judl-IV)7-1/2014, dated 15.01.2015, issued by Govt. of the Punjab, Home Department, Lahore, the District Coordination Officer, Bhakkar (respondent No. 2) vide order dated 28.04.2015, has ordered detention of the petitioner for a period of three months in the custody of Superintendent Central Jail, Mianwali. Being aggrieved of the said order the petitioner has preferred the instant petition under Article 199 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has maintained that the petitioner has no concern or connection with any proscribed organization; that the allegation against the petitioner is that he is an active member of the proscribed organizations Tahreek-e-Jaafria Pakistan (TJP) and Majlis-i-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM); that the allegation is false and the fact of the matter is that the above named organizations are also not proscribed organisations; that in the criminal case referred to in the impugned order (FIR No. 110 of 2014), the petitioner has already been released on bail by the Court of competent jurisdiction while the other criminal case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No.…
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