Ex-chairman of DI Khan education board acquitted in land corruption case.

PESHAWAR -- Setting aside the conviction of a former chairman of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dera Ismail Khan, Noor Mohammad, by an accountability court, the Peshawar High Court has acquitted him in a case regarding the misuse of authority for the purchase of land at an exorbitant rate.

A bench consisting of Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Abdul Shakoor accepted a criminal appeal filed by Mr Noor ruling that the charge of the misuse of authority against the appellant couldn't be proved as the records showed that no personal gain was involved in the matter.

It observed that the alleged beneficiary of the land deal had returned and deposited the amount received on account of purchase of the disputed land for the construction of the DI Khan BISE building and all that happened even before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authorised an inquiry against the appellant.

The bench observed that the amount in question was returned with interest by the alleged beneficiary, who was the landowner, suggesting that the amount received was with him, and if the appellant had any personal gain or benefit and had received it, then why the landowner was obliged to voluntarily return it with interest.

An accountability court had convicted the appellant on Oct 10, 2018, and sentenced him to two years imprisonment for misusing authority.

PHC sets aside his conviction by accountability court

He was arrested in 2014 but was released on bail granted by the Peshawar High Court.

Omer Farooq Adam and Hamid Ali, lawyers for the appellant, contended that the section of the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, under which their...

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