Ephedrine case: Ali Musa Gilani seeks pre-arrest bail

Gilani invoked the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court against a Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict.


Our Correspondent September 14, 2012

ISLAMABAD:


In an effort to seek pre-arrest bail, the son of former premier and an accused in the ephedrine case, Ali Musa Gilani, moved the apex court on Thursday.


Gilani invoked the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court against a Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict which denied him pre-arrest bail in the ephedrine case.

He is accused of pressuring officials of the health ministry in 2010 to allocate excess quota of ephedrine.

Filing the pre-arrest bail, Khalid Ranjha, counsel for Gilani, said that his client’s name does not figure in the FIRs, nor in any charge sheets, submitted by the prosecution before the court.

“It is needless to add that even though there is no evidence of incriminating nature against [his] client, warrants have been obtained out of sheer malice, ill will, and by keeping the court deliberately in the dark”, Ranjha argued.

Despite the absence of evidence, his client’s arrest warrants were obtained by the investigating agency on June 21, the counsel said, adding this was an effort to defame Gilani “in the eyes of his electorate.”

Ranjha said that his client received protective bail from the Sindh High Court on July 2, till July 16.

He alleged that the investigating agency made two principal accused, Rizwan Ahmed Khan and Dr Rasheed Juma, approvers to rope in his client.

Requesting the court for interim relief, Ranjha said there is no evidence against his client and his arrest has been sought for political reasons.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14th, 2012.

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