SHC grants bail to Haleem Adil Sheikh in two cases

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday granted bail to Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh in two cases related to rioting and terrorism during the recently held by-polls.

A two-member bench comprising SHC Chief Justice Court Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh and Justice Yousuf Ali Saeed heard bail pleas of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) leader and granted the bail.

The court directed Sheikh to submit surety bonds worth Rs0.2 million each. Earlier in March, a special anti-terrorism court (ATC) had rejected his bail pleas.

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However, another PTI leader, Mir Sameer Sheikh, and his driver, Ghulam Mustafa, were granted bail.

Sheikh had his bail rejected by the special court in the cases pertaining to rioting in Malik Memon Goth during by-polls in PS-88 and during an anti-encroachment operation.

Sameer Sheikh and his driver were granted bail against surety bonds worth Rs50,000 each.

He is co-accused in the PS-88 rioting case. The PTI leader was whisked away in a police mobile by men in plain clothes outside the Sindh High Court (SHC) on February 19.

Sameer’s lawyers, Shahid Soomro and Saifi Ali had argued that cases against his client were based on malice and that he was not present during the anti-encroachment operation or the by-elections.