High court adjourns May 9 bail hearing

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday accepted the prosecution's request for granting an opportunity for submitting a reply regarding bail pleas filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ijaz Chaudhry in four cases registered against him over the May 9 riots.

The court adjourned the hearing of the bail applications till Thursday.

An LHC division bench headed by Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi heard the bail applications.

The prosecution sought time for submitting the reply before the court.

Petitioner Ijaz Chaudhry contended his bail application that he had nothing to do with the allegations levelled in the first information reports (FIRs).

He alleged that he had been implicated in forged and frivolous cases that were politically motivated.

He stated that nothing was available on record to establish his nexus with the offences portrayed in the FIRs.

He requested the court to grant him bail.