LAHORE:Lahore High Court (LHC) has suspended penalty of Rs 200 imposed by trial court on SHO Kot Lakhpat Afzal Rauf for not presenting the record in narcotics case.

A two members bench of LHC comprising Justice Sadiq Mehmood Khurram and justice Jawad Zafar took up for hearing appeal plea filed by SHO Kot Lakhpat Afzal Rauf.

Former secretary Lahore High Court Bar gave arguments in the court on behalf of the appellant.

Trial court had sentenced the SHO OF Kot Lakhpat to a fine of Rs 200 for not producing record in drugs case and he had challenged it in LHC.

During the hearing of the case the court removed the office objection related to filing appeal plea.

The objection was this the appellant had not deposited the amount of penalty imposed by the court.

The counsel for SHO assured the court penalty will be deposited in the court as protest.

The court while admitting for regular hearing the appeal plea summoned the relevant record.

The court ordered to suspend the penalty of Rs 200 in respect of SHO Kot Lakhpat Afzal Rauf against surety bonds worth Rs 50000.