IHC reserves verdict on bail plea of Qureshi

• Shah Mahmood’s lawyer Ali Bukhari appeared in court.
• Prosecutor Raja Rizwan objected to Qureshi’s bail petition.
• Court subsequently reserved its verdict after hearing two side.

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC)  reserved its judgement petitions of PTI’s vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi against his indictment and seeking his post-arrest bail in a cipher case.

Prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi and Shah Mahmood’s lawyer Ali Bukhari appeared in the court.

Prosecutor Raja Rizwan objected to Shah Mahmood’s bail petition and said that it was essential for the petitioner to submit the certificate as per the judgment of the top court.

On this, Justice Amir Farooq rejected the objection of the prosecution and asked the FIA to give arguments in the case.

During the hearing, Shah Mahmood’s lawyer said that the trial court had rejected his client’s bail and this is the first petition for bail in the High Court after the trial court rejected the bail. He said, “We attached a photocopy of the document as the original copy was not provided to us”.

Special Prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi argued that the trial court had indicted the accused on October 23, after completing legal requirements. The copies of the case record had also been shared with the defense, he said.

He prayed the court to dismiss the bail petition of the accused.

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After hearing arguments from two sides, the court subsequently reserved its verdict.