The Lahore High Court granted petitions against the physical remand of the founder PTI in twelve cases of May 9 and annulled the decision of the Anti-Terrorism Court to approve the remand.
In the High Court, petitions against physical remand in 12 terror cases related to PTI founder May 9 were heard. Investigating officers from all over Punjab appeared in the court with the records of the cases registered against the founder PTI.
Prosecutor General Punjab Farhad Ali Shah said that the founder of PTI has written that he will not undergo various tests including polygraph. Whether the given statement is true or not.
Justice Tariq Salim Shaikh told the Prosecutor General that you could have included him in the investigation even during interim bail.
Founder PTI’s lawyer Salman Safdar argued that Imran Khan was not bailed in many cases and we had no information about these cases.
Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Pannu remarked that the petitioner says that as soon as bail is granted in one case, arrest is made in a new one, the criminal law says that as soon as it is known that a case has been registered, immediate action should be taken. , here the accused was in jail but still no action was taken, interim bail means to investigate the accused, was the accused investigated, where did you guys stay for one year, there were these cases for one year, then why the arrest. No, as soon as he was expected to be released, you remembered the physical remand. Answers to these questions are very important. After May 9, when did you think that there should be a voice-matching test and other tests of the PTI founder? .
Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh also said that if you want to conduct a polygraphic test, the accused is already in judicial custody. , you are not answering the question why the arrest was made now, the timing of the arrest is very important, did the founder of PTI say that if I am arrested, attack?
Prosecutor General Punjab, while reading the tweets of founder PTI, said that the entire narrative was created regarding May 9. On this, Justice Tariq Anwar-ul-Haq Pannu said that such statements are being made by politicians even today, but even more threats are being given to judges these days.
Prosecutor General Punjab said that the recovery of the mobile from which tweets and WhatsApp were made will not be possible without investigation.
Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Pannu said that how will you recover this mobile phone, if the accused is in jail, the investigating officer cannot take the accused anywhere, so how will you recover this mobile phone?
After the arguments of the Prosecutor General Punjab Farhad Ali Shah were completed, the Lahore High Court granted petitions against physical remand in twelve cases of founder PTI and nullified the decision of the Anti-Terrorism Court to grant physical remand.
The High Court also invalidated the notification of the PTI founder’s appearance on the video link.
