Petitioner Muhammad Ali says he had nothing to do with the case and it was an attempt to malign him. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
LAHORE:
Additional District and Sessions Judge Nasir Javed on Friday granted bail to a man accused of ‘buying’ a married woman, raping her and forcibly ‘marrying’ her.
Petitioner Muhammad Ali, who was sent to jail, told the court in his bail application that he had nothing to with the case. He said the case was fake and an attempt to blackmail and malign him.
The judge granted him bail for Rs100,000.
An FIR was registered by one Fauzia Bibi in Shafiqabad police station against accused Muhammad Ali, Nawaz, Sabir and Ehsan Ullah.
She said she had married Muhammad Arshad four years ago. She said she gave birth to a boy.
She said one year ago, the relationship deteriorated and she left.
She said she met a girl at Minar-i-Pakistan who gave her a drink. She said she fainted from drinking it. She said when she woke, she was surrounded by three men (later idenitified as Nawaz, Sabir and Ehsan Ullah) who took her to Bhakkar.
She said she was then sold to Muhammad Ali who raped her and then forcibly married her. She said he knew that she was already married.
She said one day she managed to escape and found her way back to Lahore.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 28th, 2013.
COMMENTS (7)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ
1713521455-0/Untitled-design-(9)1713521455-0-270x192.webp)
ET - please ensure that your readers understand that having one's (pre-arrest?) bail application accepted does not mean one goes free. It simply means the accused will not be taken into judicial custody until the commencement of the trial proceedings.
The accused will still be tried before a competent court of law and, if convicted, will be punished.
If this man is guilty of the crime give him the death penalty. And make it as slow as possible.
@Awais: And the courts and the rightwing fundamentalists like you consistently side with the other side of the picture.
@ Pervez
This merely a one side of picture.
@Parvez: "Shame on our judicial system……….especially where rape and women are concerned."
Did you read the full story narrated by this paragon of virtue herself?
Shame on our judicial system..........especially where rape and women are concerned.
She said - She said - She said Don't worry I understood.