Police failures delay trials, observes LHC

Your police officers are adding to the burden on courts.

The challan remained pending for two years.

When were the accused arrested, and why did the police not arrest them earlier?" the chief justice asked the Punjab Police chief who appeared before the court.The chief justice remarked that police incompetence had damaged the judicial system, raising the question whether the court could be considered slow when judges were working but the police were failing to perform their duties."Is my court slow?

The judge is working, while the police are protecting the accused.

Should I appreciate this?" the chief justice remarked.The court also asked what mechanism the police had devised to eliminate such delays and directed the inspector general of Punjab Police to submit a report, which would be examined in chamber.During the hearing, the court was informed that the case involved 11 accused.

The chief justice observed that, according to a report, the police had continued arresting new suspects even after witnesses had begun recording their statements, preventing the trial from concluding for six years.The petitioner submitted that a double-murder case had been registered at Raiwind city police station in 2020, but the police had failed to complete the investigation or bring the trial to a conclusion.

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