LAHORE: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday granted post-arrest bail to 29 more suspects including a woman in the Jinnah House attack case of the May 9 riots.
According to the details, the ATC heard bail pleas of the suspects nominated in the case about the attack and ransacking of Jinnah House on May 9 after the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan.
The ATC judge granted bail to 29 accused including Ayesha Ali, Bilal Latif, Muhammad Jahangir, Bilal Arshad, and Ahmed. The ATC also approved bail pleas of Dost Muhammad, Hameedullah, Tayyab Jameel, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Rashid, Bilal Idrees, Shahid Mahmood, Muhammad Fayyaz, Nadeem Altaf, Muhammad Imran and others.
The ATC judge directed the suspects to submit surety bonds of Rs100,000 each.
According to police, the accused were involved in attacking and ransacking the Jinnah House on May 9. The violent clashes broke out across the country after former Prime Minister and PTI chief Imran Khan was arrested from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 9.
Around 214 accused moved the court, seeking bail in the case and 19 of them have already been awarded bail. The ATC would pronounce a verdict on other pleas on Wednesday.
Yesterday, the ATC granted bail to 19 accused in a case pertaining to the attack on Jinnah House on May 9. The ATC heard bail pleas of 214 suspects nominated in the case.
The ATC judge, however, granted bail to 19 accused including Naveed Feroz, Muhammad Akram, Altaf Hussain, Bilal Fayyaz, and Muhammad Kamran. The ATC approved bail pleas against surety bonds of Rs100,000 each. According to police, the accused were involved in attacking and ransacking the Jinnah House on May 9.
Earlier last week, the ATC granted post-arrest bail to 16 suspects in the Jinnah House attack case of May 9 riots.
Judge Naveed Iqbal allowed the bail petitions of 16 suspects subject to furnishing surety bonds and adjourned the hearing of over 200 other petitions till Feb 19.
The suspects who were granted bail include Khawar Hussain Butt, Farrukh Azeem, Zaheer Arshad, Muhammad Zeeshan, Muhammad Arshad, Saleem Ahmad, Syed Asghar Ali, Javed Hussain, Muhammad Ramzan, Mohsin Ashiq, Umar Shahzad, and Nadeem Abbas.
