LAHORE - In a unique order, the Lahore High Court on Wednesday permitted a condemned prisoner to contract marriage on Central Jail Kot Lakhpat premises in Lahore where he is locked up for years because of his involvement in multiple cases of heinous nature, ranging from kidnap for ransom and murder. Senior LHC judge Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry passed the orders on a petition filed by Laiba Sahr of Samanabad who is fiancee of prisoner Attiqur Rehman. The girl submitted that she was engaged to Attiq in childhood and wanted permission to marry him in jail. The court, after hearing arguments of petitioners counsel allowed her plea and also directed superintendent of jail to facilitate Nikah on jail premises. Attiqe is in jail since 2002 after he was sentenced by ATC-II Lahore. Against the prisoner, 10 separate cases of murder and kidnap were registered by Police station (PS) Ichhra, PS Lytton Road, PS Gulberg, and PS Wahdat Colony in Lahore, and ATC judge Muhammad Iqbal Bajwa had convicted him to death on three counts plus forfeiture of his property. In one case, FIR 27/2001, the Lahore High Court converted his death sentence into life imprisonment on 27/4/2006. However, earlier in another case his death sentence was confirmed by Lahore High Court. He along with this co-accused however had appealed against LHC order in Supreme Court where it is still pending. Earlier jail officials, appearing before the court submitted a report on behalf of Superintendent Central Jail submitting that Attiq was highly dangerous prisoner, and still many cases of similar nature are pending against him. Deputy Superintendent Jail Bashir submitted that in jail manual there was no such provision to allow marriage of prisoner on jail premises and thus the petition should be dismissed. The judge held in his order that in jail manuals and ordinary law there was no restriction that a prisoner cannot contract marriage. The judge ordered the jail superintendent to facilitate Nikah by arranging two witnesses and nikakhawan. The judge said jails do not have family room for performance of conjugal rights so it would not be the responsibility of the jail to house the spouse.