Three school girls assaulting classmate get pre-arrest bail

• Three girl students were granted pre-arrest bail
• They are accused of torturing their classmate
• A video clip of the incident went viral on social media

LAHORE: A sessions court on Saturday granted interim pre-arrest bail to three girl students of a private school in a case of torturing their class fellow.

The Defence-A police station had registered the FIR against four girls on a complaint of the victim’s father.

The suspects, Jannat Malik and Kainat Malik (both sisters), Umaima Qaiser and the victim, Aleeha Imran, study at Scholar Dale, American International School situated in Defence BB, Phase IV.

A video clip of the incident also went viral on social media triggering a sharp criticism on the failure of the school management to protect its students against bullying and physical torture.

The three suspect girls appeared before the court along with their counsel.

The lawyer, in his arguments, denied the allegations against his clients and said the whole story in the FIR was fabricated.

He said the petitioners were minors and had been implicated in the case by the complainant with mala fide intention.

He asked the court to allow the pre-arrest bail to the petitioners as they were ready to join the police investigation to prove their innocence.

After hearing the arguments, the court granted the bail to the petitioners till Jan 30.

The complainant alleged that one of the suspects was a drug addict. He said the suspect girls assaulted his daughter on refusing to join them taking drugs.

He said his daughter had made a video of the suspects while using drugs in the school, which also offended them.

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