Karachi: The Special Anti-Terrorism Court rejected the bail application of Minhaj Qazi, the accused in the murder case of former MD of KESC Shahid Hamid.
Special Court No. 6 at the Anti-Terrorism Complex in the Central Jail passed the verdict on the bail application of Minhaj Qazi, the accused in the murder case of former MD of KESC Shahid Hamid. The court rejected the bail application of Minhaj Qazi, the main accused in the case.
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The court said in its verdict that the statement of the last witness of the case has been recorded and the cross-examination is going on. In this situation, the accused cannot be granted bail. The judgments you are quoting are not applicable in the present situation.
It should be noted that the lawyer Safai Mushtaq Ahmed advocate had adopted the position that the accused has been in jail for many years and bail is his right. The statement of the investigating officer of the case Sarwar Commando has been recorded in 2024. According to the decisions of the High Court, the accused is entitled to bail. According to the prosecution, Minhaj Qazi was arrested in 2016.
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The accused was identified by Shahnaz Hamid, the plaintiff in the case, and Umar Shahidhamid, the witness. Minhaj Qazi was indicted in 2018. The main accused in the case, Saulat Mirza, has been sentenced to death.
It may be recalled that in 1997, KESC MD Shahid Hamid was murdered.
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