Local judicial magistrate Muhammad Irfan Anjum on Friday handed over Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Anees and Shujauddin allegedly involved in disclosing University of Engineering and Technology (UET) entry test paper to the Anti-Corruption Establishment on a one-day physical remand.
Inspector Abid Javed of the Anti-Corruption Establishment had produced the accused before the magistrate seeking a thirteen-day physical remand but the judge awarded only one-day remand.
The counsel of Shujauddin contended the court that his client was innocent and must not be sent on physical remand. He told the court that the Anti-Corruption first investigated the matter and then registered a first information report (FIR) but in this case the FIR was registered first and the investigation was being conducted later which was unlawful. He told the court that Shujauddin was running an internet café and was just implicated for sending email on two IDs from his personal ID as well as for photocopying 12 pages of question sheets; he had nothing to do with the case. He contended the court that Shujauddin only provided services to his clients, he had no criminal intention.
Javed told the court that the accused men belonged to a group which was yet to be arrested. He said the police had not seized the computers, laptop, money and other articles so far.
After hearing remarks from both sides, the judge ordered a one-day physical remand of the accused and handed them over to the Anti-Corruption Establishment.
Lt. Col. (r) Farooq Ahmed had registered an FIR in Gujarpura police station under sections 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant) and 109 (abetment) of Pakistan Penal Code against the aforementioned accused for allegedly leaking UET entry test papers.
