ISLAMABAD A judicial justice on Tuesday grantedpre-arrest bail to son of the Supreme Court judge in a megahit and run case in which two persons were killed as she surrendered after lamming for over two times.
Judicial justice Kamran Zaheer Abbasi took up the solicitation of Shanza Malik, son of Supreme Court Judge Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmed Khan seeking herpre-arrest bail in the FIR registered in the Khanna Police Station, Islamabad.
Her counsel Mohammad Siddique Awan argued before the court that she has virulently been intertwined in the case by the plaintiff and the police, with ulterior motives to blackmail and kill the supplicant’s family.
He refocused out that the police invoked section 322( causing death by rash or careless driving) of the Pakistan Penal Code( PPC) against Ms Malik which wasnon-bailable, whereas, she had attained a valid driving licence and the applicable section was 320( causing death without intent) of the PPC, which is a bailable offence.
Assistant District Public Prosecutor Rana Hassan Abbas opposed the arguments and requested the court to dismiss the bail solicitation.
The judge observed that since the supplicant holds a valid driving licence, thus, she could n’t charged with the section applied against her.
He also deleted section 322 with section 320 of the PPC. He further observed that after omission of section 322 from the charges, Ms Malik was now entitled to be released on bail.
The judge granted her bail against Rs 30,000 surety bonds. Advocate Awan also requested the court to cancel thenon-bailable clearances issued against Ms Malik.
The judge noted that since there’s no record of any process issued to the supplicant, no any suggestion that the supplicant was notified of her involvement in the case after over two times of enrollment of case. Since the solicitation has appeared before the court, thenon-bailable clearances issued against her have been cancelled, the judge ruled.