Pak policeman suspended for accusing 9-month old baby of attempted murder

A policeman in Pakistan has been reportedly suspended for taking a nine-month old baby boy to court, accusing him of attempted murder.

Baby Mohammad Musa, along with other members of his family, was booked for throwing rocks at gas company officials carrying out an anti-theft inspection in the low-income Ahata Thanedaran neighbourhood of Lahore on Feb 1, THE Dawn reported.

The crying baby was presented in the court along with 30 others accused in the case.

The baby's 50 year old grandfather, Muhammad Yasin, also an accused in the case said that everyone in the court was saying how can such a small child be implicated in any case?

Judge Rafaqat Ali Qamar ordered for the suspension of the inspector and granted the child bail, though he will have to appear at the next hearing on April 12.

The family's lawyer said the charges against the child should have been dropped.

Sadiq said that the court should have simply referred the minor's case to high court for dropping of the charges against the innocent child and acquit him from the case as the minimum criminal responsibility age is seven.