Nine-month old baby accused of attempted murder

Nine-month-old Musa Khan appeared in a court in the Pakistani city of Lahore last Thursday, formally charged by local police for attempted murder on personnel who raided the area where he lived with his parents and grandparents.

According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the police, the infant, along with his uncles and grandfather Mohammad Yaseen, attacked the police officers, bailiff team and some Sui gas employees who had arrived at the locality to sever gas connections of houses that had not paid their gas bills.

It is not clear when the alleged incident occurred, but it is believed to have been in recent days.

Irfan Tarar, a lawyer representing the child, said the police had lodged the FIR against all of Muhammad Yaseen's family members, which included his sons Irfan and Imran, as well as Imran's 9-month-old son, Musa Khan.

"The charge against him is that police came to their locality along with a Sui Gas company team. They were raiding the area in connection with gas bills. The child has been charged with an attempted murder attack, with stoning the team, and injuring them. He has been charged under Section 324 for attempted murder," Tarar told Reuters Television.

"That is why he had to get an interim bail. He was presented before the court for interim bail. The court has granted him interim bail, and has set the next hearing for the (April) 12th," Tarar said.

Musa was granted interim bail after he appeared in court with his grandfather, Muhammad Yaseen.

"He was booked under Section 326, and was presented before the court. He does not even know how to pick up his milk bottle properly, how can he stone the police?" said Yaseen.

Police said an assistant sub-inspector complained in the FIR that all the family members accused beat him up and gave him a head injury.


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