Taking cognisance of the strictures passed against the state government by the court for failing to file the objections to the bail application of accused of alleged kidnapping and raping of a nine-year-old girl, Law Minister Syed Basharat Ahmad Bukhari has ordered termination of services of Additional Advocate General (AAG) MA Beigh.
The court had given a number of opportunities to the AAG to file objections to the bail application filed by the accused in a case titled Mohammad Shafi Sheikh V/s State of JK through Budgam SHO for offences under Sections 376, 363 RPC (FIR No. 166/2017).
On state failing to file the objections to the bail application, Justice MK Hanjura in his judgment on 24 April 2018 termed the attitude of the state as “lackadaisical, inattentive, incurious and indolent”. He said that a battery of lawyers has been engaged by the state to conduct and handle the matters in which the state is a party, but one gets dismayed to see that even in cases involving horrifying and serious crimes, the approach of the state is abject, dismal and desolate.
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The minister has issued strict instructions to the law officers to ensure that no case against the state government goes uncontested. He also enjoined upon them to process the serious and sensitive cases in a total responsible and speedy manner so that justice is ensured to everyone.
“The case being very sensitive and the offenses having been committed against the minor girl child cannot be ignored, asserted the minister,” adding that keeping in view the totality of circumstances, the services of MA Beigh as Additional Advocate General have been terminated with immediate effect.
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