| PESHAWAR: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that an accused person could be tried for a criminal case and civil suits at the same time. A two-member bench consisting of Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Syed Jamshed Ali dismissed the Peshawar High Court (PHC) verdict that a person could not be tried for criminal charges as long as a civil suit against him was pending undecided in the civil court. The PHC had allowed an appeal of three employees of Mohafiz Khana, NWFP, who appealed to stop the anti-corruption department from taking any action against them in criminal cases until the civil suits filed against them were decided. Faqir Gul and Naimat Khan, residents of Peshawar had filed civil suits against the three employees of Mohafiz Khana (record room of courts cases) for tampering the dates of their land transfers (Intiqalat) after taking bribes from their rival parties. |