KP police warehouses: SC seeks complete report on all case-property vehicles

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PESHAWAR: A three -member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advocate General to submit a detailed report on all the police stations in the province and the vehicles kept as a case property in their current position.

The SC Bench comprising Justice Masrat Hilali, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Shakeel Ahmed was hearing the appeal filed by Mohammad Imran and others in the Peshawar Registry.

KP Advocate General (AG) Shah Faisal Atmankheel and police officers appeared in court.

During the hearing, Justice Musarrat Hilali asked the AG to inform the court about the report submitted to the court and the number of vehicles parked in the police warehouses.

The AG informed the court that 1,119 vehicles were parked in the warehouse of the Dawoodzai police station, while 36 vehicles were temporarily parked in the Matra police station warehouse.

Justice Musarrat Hilali remarked that a retired police officer had been used for the past five years, was in a state of work, and there was no admission to the official record. He asked why he was not kept in the warehouse.

Justice Shakeel Ahmed said that if this is the case, the court will issue a derogatory notice to the concerned police officer and order that no case property will be used in the future.

Justice Ashiaq Ibrahim remarked that the police were running a personal kingdom where they used to give their own vehicles. He emphasized that it is not above the law and will not be tolerated in any case.

The AG said that due to a limited time, it does not have the full status of every vehicle. However, overall, these vehicles were currently parked in police warehouses. After that, Justice Musarrat Hilali asked if his document was made and if the vehicles were still standing.

The AG confirmed that they were, but he added that it would take more time to see which vehicles belong to which police stations belong to and to whom they belong to.

Justice Ashtiaq Ibrahim inquired whether the provincial government had set any rules under the new drug law to auction these vehicles and deposit the money in the state treasury.

The AG replied that no such laws or rules have been formulated so far. For this, Justice Ashiaq Ibrahim asked why the matter was not considered.

The AG informed the court that a comprehensive report on all police stations will be presented soon. In response, the court directed him to submit the report in such a way that it should be identified as what was the vehicle which has the police station and its current status, as thousands of vehicles are being rusty in scrap and now they are similar.

It was noted that some vehicles were even decorated on each other, which eliminated their market price. The AG assured the court that every effort was being made to provide all the necessary information as per the request.

Justice Ashtiaq Ibrahim remarked that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is considered to be a station house officer for the entire province, practically and under the law. “If the situation is not corrected, the court will issue a notice to the IGP,” he added.

Justice Shakeel Ahmed observed that the court was not aware of which vehicle was using, but warned that if such cases were re -created, the concerned district police officers, deputy inspectors general and SHOS would be held accountable.

The AG said that meetings were held with all the concerned officials, which makes it clear that the orders of the SC should be followed in accordance. He emphasized that the unauthorized use of case property vehicles would not be tolerated and according to the law, these vehicles would have to be parked in government warehouses.

Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim advised that such vehicles be presented to the Excise Department’s warehouse, as the court personally inspected a vehicle and was found in a state of work. He warned that if things continued to do so, all vehicles would be found to be operational and misuse. He also noted that valuable parts were being removed from the vehicles.

The court asked AG to submit a detailed report about all the property vehicles in the police stations of the province and warned that any mistakes in this report could result in action against the responsible officials.

The judges advised the AG, “All this is going well under your nose, and do you claim to be unaware? Open your eyes and activate your officers. This is not just your responsibility. It is the duty of the entire Advocate General’s office to monitor such matters.” The court then adjourned the hearing till July.