ISLAMABAD
\nA court in Islamabad on Tuesday rejected the prosecution\u2019s demand for physical remand of Somia Asim, the wife of a civil judge arrested in the young housemaid torture case, and sent her to jail on judicial remand till August 22.
\nJudicial Magistrate Shaista Kundi pronounced the reserved verdict and asked the authorities to produce Somia Asim again in the court on August 22 next. Earlier, Islamabad police produced Somia Asim before the court. She had been arrested the other day outside the court after being denied bail.
\n\u201cWhy does the investigation officer need the remand?\u201d Judge Shaista Kundi questioned the investigation officer. \u201cThe investigation has to be done, for the arrest was made yesterday. Videos are also to be collected from Skyway,\u201d the investigation officer told the judge.
\n\u201cAccording to the law, under which section can physical remand of a woman be given?\u201d the judge questioned the investigation officer. \u201cPhysical remand can be obtained on heinous crime,\u201d he told the lady judge. \u201cThe law says that one can obtain physical remand in a murder or robbery case. Give your arguments on what basis you are asking for physical remand,\u201d the judge said to the investigation officer. \u201cWhat is the condition of the housemaid now? Is she still in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)?\u201d she questioned.
\nThe lawyer told the court that the housemaid was no longer in the ICU. The investigation officer told the court that the CCTV footage was needed for the investigation. \u201cIf you want the footage only, you can get it from the Safe City authority,\u201d the judge said to the officer.
\nThe court then summoned Somia Asim to the rostrum. \u201cI am ready for every possible cooperation with the police. Don\u2019t keep me in such a state of mental torture. They had also taken me to the house at night and recovered things from there,\u201d Somia Asim told the court.
\n\u201cIf judicial remand is given, will it make any difference to your case?\u201d the court questioned the officer. \u201cOf course, it will. We have to complete our investigation,\u201d he replied. \u201cApart from the media hype, God knows I have no hand in it. A worst media trial of mine is being carried out.
\nI think I should commit suicide. My role in the case is not as it is being told in the media.\u201d Somia Asim said in the court. \u201cThe media should be stopped from filming videos of the accused,\u201d the lawyer for Somia Asim pleaded with the court.
\nThe court gave Somia Asim 10 minutes to meet her family. The prosecutor asked for a decision on remand according to the law. \u201cWe will agree to the verdict in accordance with the law,\u201d the prosecutor said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD A court in Islamabad on Tuesday rejected the prosecution\u2019s demand for physical remand of Somia Asim, the wife of a civil judge arrested in the young housemaid torture case, and sent her to jail on judicial remand till August 22. Judicial Magistrate Shaista Kundi pronounced the reserved verdict and asked the authorities to produce […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-347962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n