Brothers' assault costs Faisalabad man an eye

Key Points:

Samanabad police have arrested two brothers, Sultan and Abdul Wahid, for allegedly beating their brother Ramzan
Ramzan lost the sight of one eye in the beating over a domestic dispute
FIR 894/26 was registered at Samanabad police station under sections 336 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code
The FIR says a gold chain and Rs54,000 were also snatched during the Oct 28 attack in Hassan Abad

FAISALABAD: Samanabad police have arrested two brothers for allegedly beating their sibling so severely that he lost an eye.

According to the police handout, SHO Samanabad Muhammad Shahid arrested both accused, Sultan and Abdul Wahid. The handout added that legal proceedings had been initiated against them.

The FIR says the complainant, Muhammad Ramzan, had returned from Saudi Arabia and was living in the ancestral three-storey house in Hassan Abad, bearing the household expenses himself.

According to the FIR, a domestic dispute over household expenses and the property had simmered between the brothers before the attack on Oct 28.

The FIR says Sultan held his brother outside the house while Abdul Wahid struck his eye with a pistol butt. Two unidentified men then joined in, beating him with kicks and fists.

According to the FIR, the accused snatched a gold chain weighing three tolas from Ramzan’s neck and Rs54,000 from his pocket before fleeing. They also threatened to kill him in the bazaar.

PDFFIR 894/26, Samanabad police station

FIR 894/26 registered at Samanabad police station, Faisalabad

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According to the FIR, the medico-legal certificate recorded an injury impairing the functioning of an organ, on which the offence under sections 336 and 34 was made out. The case was registered on Nov 4.

Section 335 of the Pakistan Penal Code defines itlaf-i-salahiyyat-i-udw as destroying or permanently impairing the functioning of an organ of the body. Section 336 punishes it with qisas or, where qisas cannot be executed, arsh and imprisonment of up to ten years.

In practice, such injuries inside families are often settled privately or reported days later, by which time medical evidence has weakened. An early medico-legal examination is what allows police to press the graver charge.