LAHORE: Soumia Asim, the wife of a civil judge who allegedly tortured her teenage domestic help, was granted protective bail by the Lahore High Court (LHC).
After the hearing of Asim’s anticipatory bail plea, Justice Farooq Haider approved her request till August 1 and also ordered authorities to stop her arrest as well.
Earlier this week, a case was registered against the wife of Civil Judge Asim Hafeez for purportedly subjecting her domestic help — a 14-year-old girl — to severe torture, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police said.
The harrowing case of the teenager being brutally beaten up came to light when the victim was shifted to a hospital in Lahore with serious injuries, with the family accusing the judge’s wife, Somia, of torturing their child.
The case was registered at Police Station Humak on behalf of the girl’s father, Manga Khan, under Section 506 (committing offence of criminal intimidation) and Section 342 (wrongfully confining a person) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
After being booked, Asim expressed her willingness to cooperate with the investigation into the allegations against her. Meanwhile, the medical report of the victim revealed 15 serious wounds all over her body, particularly the head and face.
“She was denied treatment for seven months which worsened her wounds,” the preliminary medical report said.
The victim was later shifted to Lahore from Sargodha for proper treatment, but there too, the doctors were not so hopeful.
The federal capital police have failed to round up the judge for investigation. The police conducted raids for the wife at possible hideouts in Lahore and Gujranwala but failed to get her.
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