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KARACHI:
Justice Zawwar Hussain Jaffery of High Court of Sindh (SHC) on
Tuesday issued notices to Salvor Master, Nicholas Papas,
Captain Krystinoe Dimitryios, Master of Tasman Spirit and
others for Feb-23.
The bench was hearing a criminal miscellaneous application
filed by Captain Iftikhar Ahmed, Deputy Conservator, KPT.
Plea
The applicant challenged order of District and Sessions Judge,
West in a revision application filed by KPT impugning order of
Judicial Magistrate Mumtaz Solangi who treated interim charge
sheet as final charge sheet.
The DJ held that judicial officers have powers to treat
interim charge sheet as final and that Investigation officer
or agency can submit a final chalan after due investigation if
are in possession of additional/more/ new evidence.
Mehmood Alam Rizvi advocate appearing for the applicant said
that concerned court failed in appreciating the complex nature
of evidence in the instant case and also ignored the fact that
Investigating Officer has to collect evidence from over seas.
The bench after hearing the counsel issued notices to all the
respondents for Feb 23.
The Episode
Tasman Spirit, carrying 67000 metric tonnes of crude oil, run
aground just at the mouth of the channel of Karachi port on
June-27 resulting in worst ever ecological disaster along
coastal belt of Arabian sea.
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