Bail granted in underage marriage case

A local court on Wednesday approved the post-arrest bail application of accused Shan Ali, who was arrested in the case of kidnapping and marriage of a teenage girl.

Additional Sessions Judge Adnan Rasool Larik heard the case. During the hearing, lawyers Muhammad Bilal Raza and Shajar Abbas appeared in the court on behalf of the accused and took the position that no concrete evidence could be presented against the petitioner by the plaintiff in the case, and the girl whose kidnapping case was registered has also given a statement before the magistrate that she left home voluntarily.

The lawyers requested that the petitioner be granted bail and ordered to be released. On this occasion, the public prosecutor opposed the bail and requested to reject the application.

After hearing the arguments of the parties, the court ordered the bail of the accused Shan Ali, named in the case, in exchange for bonds worth Rs10,000.