KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday suspended anorder of asessions court for medical examination of an underage girl, who was allegedly abducted from Karachi and later surfacedinLahore,till Sept 5.

The single-judge bench headed by Justice Salahuddin Panhwar restrained the authorities concerned from conducting medical examination of the girl till next hearing and also issued notices to respondents and prosecutor general Sindh.

Zaheer Ahmed, who along with his family members has been booked for allegedly kidnapping the girl and solemnising her underage marriage in Lahore, had through his lawyer challenged the Aug 30 order of a sessions court before the SHC.

The girl`s father had moved an application before a sessions/gender-based violence court for medico legal examination of the girl as he apprehend that Zaheer committed the offence under Secdon 375 (rape) of Pakistan Penal Code between April 16 and April 17(dates of alleged abduction and marriage).

On Aug 30, the court had allowed the application and ordered the medical examination. Therefore, a twomember medical board was formed and the girl was called to appear before it on Thursday (Sept 1) for the medico-legal examination.