ATC grants bail to PTI activist Sanam Javed

• ATC heard case against Sanam Javed for burning  PML-N office.
• Court ordered release of accused on surety bond of Rs 200,000.
• The court rejected bail application of co-accused of May 09 incident.

LAHORE The Anti-Terrorism Court(ATC) accepted the bail application of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) activist Sanam Javed.

ATC heard the case against Sanam Javed for burning the office of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on May 9, in which the court accepted the PTI worker’s bail application.

The court ordered the release of the accused on a surety bond of Rs 200,000. The court rejected the bail application of co-accused Taj Mohammad and Mohammad Tanveer.

The accused are suspects of burning the PML-N office in Model Town on May 9. Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Muhammad Arshad Javed heard the case.

During the hearing, the lawyer of the accused said that her client is under custody in the case of burning the office of PML-N, his bail has been approved in two cases.

On Friday, the Lahore High Court sought an answer from the IG Police Punjab for not releasing Sanam Javed Khan despite being granted bail.

Justice Ali Baqar Najafi had heard the contempt of court case of the accused in which it was said that the IG said in the report that there was no case against the petitioner except for two cases but in both cases he was not released despite bail.

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