15 granted bail in May 9 vandalism case

Prosecutor opposes bail petitions of accused and argues their identification

LAHORE:

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday granted post-arrest bail to 15 accused involved in a case of allegedly attacking Jinnah House.

The court also adjourned the hearing of post-arrest bail petitions of112 accused and sought further arguments from the parties, on November 30.

ATC Judge Muhammad Arshad Javed heard the post-arrest bail petitions filed by 133 accused and announced the verdict on 21 bail petitions on conclusion of arguments by the parties.

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Special prosecutor Farhad Ali Shah opposed the bail petitions of the accused, during the proceeding, and argued that the accused were identified during the identification process and they were in contact with the PTI leaders at the time of occurrence.

He further submitted that strong evidence and video footage was available against the accused, requesting the court to dismiss the bail petitions. However, the defence counsel argued that the accused were nominated due to mala fide intention.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 24^th, 2023.