Khadija Shah gets bail in controversial tweets case
FIA booked her in a new case under the cybercrime law
Khadija Shah gets a bail in controversial tweets case on Wednesday.
A local court in Lahore on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to Khadija Shah, a PTI activist and fashion designer, in a case related to controversial tweets during the May 9 riots.
On Nov 3, the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) arrested PTI activist Khadija Shah from the central jail in Lahore and produced her in court seeking a 14-day physical remand.
However, the court rejected the physical remand plea and sent the suspect to jail on judicial remand instead.
Today’s hearing:
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Nawaz announced the verdict that was earlier reserved after both sides concluded their arguments.
Khadija Shah’s counsel argued that his client had nothing to do with the cases registered against her in connection with the May 9 riots.
Khadija Shah’s counsel argued that his client’s repeated arrests showed malafide intent on the part of concerned quarters and implored the court that the petitioner has been granted bail by the Lahore High Court (LHC) in two FIRs in light of the CCPO’s report, submitted before the court, ensuring that only two FIRs had been registered against her.
Shah’s lawyer argued before the court that she was granted bail in the other two cases, she was arrested in the third case which had not been disclosed before LHC.
He added that a contempt plea is still pending before LHC which Khadija Shah had filed against police officials.
A sessions court on Monday issued a notice to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a post-arrest bail petition filed by Khadija Shah in the case of posting tweets allegedly to incite people against the army.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Nawaz directed the investigating officer (IO) to produce the case record on Nov 7.
A counsel for Shah pleaded that the high court had granted bail to the accused in the cases related to the May 9 violence registered against her, but the FIA booked her in a new case under the cybercrime law.
