The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered arrest of Shahrukh Jatoi, Siraj Talpur and other accused in the Shahzeb Khan murder case.
The apex court hearing a case filed by members of the civil society against the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) decision ordering a re-trial and removal of terrorism charges from the conviction against the accused.
The apex court, instead of accepting the civil society appeal, took a sou motu action and nullified the high SHC order.
Following the order, Shahrukh Jatoi and others were taken into custdoy from the court premises.
The apex court has also ordered for the names of the accused to be placed on the exit control list.
The three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, ordered the SHC to constitute a bench to hear the appeal on merit and decide it in two months.
The apex court questioned how a third party could be allowed to appeal when the parents of 20-year-old Shahzeb, who was shot dead in Karachi in December 2012, or the state, had not appealed against the SHC verdict which set aside terror charges against the suspects.
The high court had granted bail to Shahrukh Jatoi and the other suspects in the Shahzeb murder case earlier in December.
