ISLAMABAD: A Sessions Court on Thursday set October 6 for framing of charges in the Noor Mukadam murder case.
Additional Sessions Judge Ata Rabbani presided over the hearing in which copies of the challan, which was submitted to the court by the police in the last hearing on Sep 9, were distributed among the present suspects.
A total of 12 people will be indicted in the case, including Zahir Zakir Jaffer— the key suspect in Noor’s murder —, his parents Zakir Jaffer and Asmat Adamjee, three household staff Iftikhar, Jan Muhammad and Jameel and six Therapy Works employees including Tahir Zahoor, Amjad, Dilip Kumar, Abdul Haq, Wamiq and Samar Abbas.
The six Therapy Works employees also appeared in court since they were granted bail on August 23.
While it was expected that the suspects will be indicted in today’s hearing, it is at the judge’s discretion to decide the time frame within which the trial takes place.
In most cases, the judge provides time to the suspects and the complainants to study the investigation report and examine the evidence accompanying it so they may challenge it at the stage of indictment. However, the judge, in some cases, may decide that all arguments will be heard in the trial stage, which begins once the charges have been framed.
