Court grants pre-arrest bail to DJ Butt in loudspeaker ban violation case

DJ Butt ordered to furnish surety bond worth Rs100,000 to secure his release

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Assistant Commissioner Secretariat approved the pre-arrest bail of Asif Nazar aka Dj Butt after he appeared before the court on Monday, Express News reported.

Earlier on Friday, Islamabad Assistant Commissioner Secretariat Waqas Rasheed had issued arrest warrants for Butt after he failed to appear before the court in a case pertaining to the violation of a ban on the use of loudspeakers in the capital.

Butt appeared before the assistant commissioner’s court and gave assurances that he would appear before the court whenever needed.

On Monday, the court granted bail to DJ Butt until September 3 and directed him to furnish a security bond worth Rs100,000 for his release. The hearing of the case was adjourned until September 3.

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A case was registered against DJ Butt at the Secretariat Police Station in Islamabad on charges of violating Section 144 and sections of amplifier act.

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Earlier this month, Lahore High Court (LHC) had restrained the Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) from proceeding against Butt.

PRA had issued a tax notice to DJ Butt for Rs17 million and summoned him on July 23 for neither registering himself nor paying due sales tax to Punjab government, however, he had challenged the legality of a show-cause notice issued to him on July 7 by the authority.

Advocate Ahmad Pansota, Butt’s counsel, said the authority had failed to abide by rules before issuing the notice. He said the PRA had also failed to accurately estimate the income tax liability of his client. Pansota asked the court to set aside the authority’s tax assessment and restrain the Income Tax additional commissioner from proceeding against Butt on this account.

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Justice Naqvi restrained the PRA from proceeding in this regard till a verdict on the petition had been handed down and adjourned the hearing till August 17 following the completion of preliminary arguments.