MULTAN: Following the precedent of unusual punishments handed by courts, a district court in Multan ordered a man charged with harassing a lady health worker to hold traffic awareness banners at roundabouts of the city for 36 days.
Judicial Magistrate Parvez Khan ordered Mohammad Ajmal to spread awareness on over-speeding through the banners for harassing a lady health worker in Mumtazabad in Multan.
The court also directed probation officers to monitor the implementation of the orders.
On Saturday, Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh took notice of unusual punishments awarded by Karachi’s session courts, and sought a detailed report from the district session courts in this regard.
In one such case, additional district and sessions judge Haleem Ahmed had sentenced a man convicted of possessing an illegal weapon to three years of daily congregational prayers.
In another instance, a judicial magistrate in the metropolis sentenced a man to stand at traffic signals and hold placards bearing speed awareness messages for hitting a policeman with his motorcycle.
