KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has ordered the Customs’ Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) to produce a confiscated oil tanker before the court on April 20.
The SHC appellate bench, comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Arshad Hussain Khan, was hearing a petition filed by Ehsanullah, owner of the oil tanker, represented by Dil Khurram Shaheen advocate.
The petitioner submitted that on September 20, 2015, the ASO conducted an operation on Super Highway during which petrol pumps, storages, dispensers were searched. The vehicle of the petitioner was also taken into custody on charge of being laden with smuggled HSD.
The counsel for petitioner submitted that owner produced purchase documents issued by the BYCO company but still it was detained and not being released.
Masooda Siraj and Rashid Arfi advocates, appearing on behalf of the ASO, said that driver available with the vehicle fled away during raid and only later the documents of purchase were produced.
The bench after hearing the ASO in detail, ordered the respondent officials to produce and hand over the vehicle to on or before April 20 when the next hearing in the petition is due.
