ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in the federal capital granted post-arrest bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry in a sedition case registered for hurling threats at officials of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Additional Sessions Judge Faizan Haider Gillani approved the bail for surety bonds worth Rs20,000. “I am granting bail to Fawad on one condition that he would not issue such statements in future,” the judge remarked, adding that the parliamentarians should avoid giving such remarks.
The judge ordered the police to release the PTI leader. The sessions court has rejected prosecutor and the ECP counsel’s request for turning down the bail petition.
In his bail petition, Mr Chaudhry stated that he “has falsely been involved in the instant case by the complainant with the malafide intention and ulterior motives just to harass, pressurize and blackmail the present petitioner, whereas, the allegations leveled in the FIR are absolutely false, frivolous and baseless and the petitioner is quite innocent. Moreover, the petitioner has no link or concern with the commission of alleged offence”.
