Musharraf's bail: IHC seeks reply from the state
IHC seeks reply from state by June 4 in response to the bail plea filed by Musharraf in the judge's detention case.
File photo of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought a reply from the state in response to the bail plea filed by former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in the judge's detention case.
The division bench of IHC, comprising Justices Riaz Ahmed Khan and Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, sought a reply from the state by June 4.
On May 22, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) rejected the post-arrest bail of the former president. Musharraf then filed a bail application in IHC, challenging the ATC’s decision.
During the course of hearing on Monday, Musharraf’s counsel Advocate Ilyas Siddiqi maintained that the court had rejected his client’s post-arrest bail despite the fact that terrorism charges do not apply in his case.
The petitioner's counsel further stated that there was no evidence against his client and he could not be declared culpable in this case. He added that charges under section 344 of the Pakistan Penal Code, under which he is being prosecuted, is a bailable offence.
Siddiqi informed the court that the main complainant Advocate Chaudhry Aslam Ghuman had withdrawn his complaint and disassociated himself from the case. The case is based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered against Musharraf on August 11, 2009 by the Secretariat police. IHC has fixed his application for May 27.
On April 18, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui had also rejected Musharraf’s bail application and he was arrested. He was shifted to his farmhouse in Chak Shahzad, after it was declared a sub-jail.
The police had also failed to submit a complete challan in this case where statements of judges detained in November 2007 are missing. The Secretariat police station house officer had approached the Supreme Court registrar but there has been no progress so far.
Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought a reply from the state in response to the bail plea filed by former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in the judge's detention case.
The division bench of IHC, comprising Justices Riaz Ahmed Khan and Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, sought a reply from the state by June 4.
On May 22, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) rejected the post-arrest bail of the former president. Musharraf then filed a bail application in IHC, challenging the ATC’s decision.
During the course of hearing on Monday, Musharraf’s counsel Advocate Ilyas Siddiqi maintained that the court had rejected his client’s post-arrest bail despite the fact that terrorism charges do not apply in his case.
The petitioner's counsel further stated that there was no evidence against his client and he could not be declared culpable in this case. He added that charges under section 344 of the Pakistan Penal Code, under which he is being prosecuted, is a bailable offence.
Siddiqi informed the court that the main complainant Advocate Chaudhry Aslam Ghuman had withdrawn his complaint and disassociated himself from the case. The case is based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered against Musharraf on August 11, 2009 by the Secretariat police. IHC has fixed his application for May 27.
On April 18, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui had also rejected Musharraf’s bail application and he was arrested. He was shifted to his farmhouse in Chak Shahzad, after it was declared a sub-jail.
The police had also failed to submit a complete challan in this case where statements of judges detained in November 2007 are missing. The Secretariat police station house officer had approached the Supreme Court registrar but there has been no progress so far.