SHC disposes of three cases against Gill

Court told case of same nature registered against PTI leader in Lahore

KARACHI:

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday provided relief to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill as it disposed of three cases registered against him in Karachi on police's reply.

A two-member bench, headed by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto, heard Gill's request to quash three cases related to making derogatory statements against national institutions.

During the hearing, police officials apprised the court that the report regarding the classification of three cases as C-class would be submitted to the magistrates.

In the filed application, the PTI leader had taken a stand that cases had been registered against him in Sarjani Town, Brigade and Rizvia police stations of the city, maintaining that a case related to his statement had already been registered in the Manga Mandi police station in Lahore.

Therefore, the cases registered in Karachi should be declared null and void.

In December 2022, the Balochistan High Court had ordered the quashing of the first information report registered against Gill in Killa Abdullah district of the province.

While passing the order, the judge had observed that multiple cases could not be registered against an accused in a case.

Moreover, a bailable arrest warrant was issued for Gill last month in the case regarding inciting sedition in state institutions after the court rejected his request for exemption from personal appearance.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 13^th, 2023.