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SC grants Musharraf bail in Bugti murder case[/I]
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SC grants Musharraf bail in Bugti murder case - DAWN.COM
Former president (retd) General Pervez Musharraf. File photo
Updated
2013-10-09 13:43:25
QUETTA: A bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday hearing an appeal moved by former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf granted bail to the ex-army strongman, DawnNews reported.
A two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, heard Musharraf's appeal against the Balochistan High Courts rejection of his bail application in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case.
The bench observed that substantial evidence was not available to involve Musharraf in the criminal conspiracy regarding Bugtis murder and granted bail to the former president.
Musharaf was also ordered by the Supreme Court to pay two bail bonds of Rs 1 million each.
Though the court had summoned Jamil Bugti, a son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, who is a complainant in the case, he remained absent from todays hearing.
Musharaf's counsel, Advocate Ibrahim Satti, stated that the Anti-Terrorist Court and the High Court had rejected Musharraf's bail plea on grounds of technicalities.
Satti further said that Musharraf had been kept under house arrest for more than six months only because of the Akbar Bugti case and that according to a court ruling, in case a bail application was rejected over technical grounds, the apex court was the authority to rule on the matter.
Additional Prosecutor General Balochistan Tahir Iqbal Khattak said "Musharraf is accused of being part of a criminal conspiracy."
He further added that Musharraf was chief executive and a CD recording was available with the complainant's councsel displaying the attack on Bugti's home.
"People were killed during those attacks," he declared.
Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany in return inquired as to "whether anyone had witnessed Musharraf or his alleged accomplices conspiring against Bugti?"
The court then stated that no substantial evidence was available to implicate Musharraf in the murder case.
The apex court then granted Musharraf's request for bail, and ordered him to submit two bonds of Rs 1 million each as surety.
Musharraf is also involved in two other cases, namely the Benazir murder case and the judges detention case. He had been granted bail in both cases.
On August 2006, Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was killed in an explosion in a cave, where he had taken refuge during a military crackdown ordered by Musharraf who was president and army chief at the time.
Bugti had led an armed campaign to press for provincial autonomy and a greater share of profits from Balochistans natural resources.
The death of the Baloch chieftain sparked angry protests in parts of the country.
PAKISTAN FRIST, only?
NOT TERRORIST FRIST, OR PM,s Dam chair FRIST
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SC grants Musharraf bail in Bugti murder case - DAWN.COM
Former president (retd) General Pervez Musharraf. File photo
Updated
2013-10-09 13:43:25
QUETTA: A bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday hearing an appeal moved by former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf granted bail to the ex-army strongman, DawnNews reported.
A two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, heard Musharraf's appeal against the Balochistan High Courts rejection of his bail application in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case.
The bench observed that substantial evidence was not available to involve Musharraf in the criminal conspiracy regarding Bugtis murder and granted bail to the former president.
Musharaf was also ordered by the Supreme Court to pay two bail bonds of Rs 1 million each.
Though the court had summoned Jamil Bugti, a son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, who is a complainant in the case, he remained absent from todays hearing.
Musharaf's counsel, Advocate Ibrahim Satti, stated that the Anti-Terrorist Court and the High Court had rejected Musharraf's bail plea on grounds of technicalities.
Satti further said that Musharraf had been kept under house arrest for more than six months only because of the Akbar Bugti case and that according to a court ruling, in case a bail application was rejected over technical grounds, the apex court was the authority to rule on the matter.
Additional Prosecutor General Balochistan Tahir Iqbal Khattak said "Musharraf is accused of being part of a criminal conspiracy."
He further added that Musharraf was chief executive and a CD recording was available with the complainant's councsel displaying the attack on Bugti's home.
"People were killed during those attacks," he declared.
Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany in return inquired as to "whether anyone had witnessed Musharraf or his alleged accomplices conspiring against Bugti?"
The court then stated that no substantial evidence was available to implicate Musharraf in the murder case.
The apex court then granted Musharraf's request for bail, and ordered him to submit two bonds of Rs 1 million each as surety.
Musharraf is also involved in two other cases, namely the Benazir murder case and the judges detention case. He had been granted bail in both cases.
On August 2006, Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was killed in an explosion in a cave, where he had taken refuge during a military crackdown ordered by Musharraf who was president and army chief at the time.
Bugti had led an armed campaign to press for provincial autonomy and a greater share of profits from Balochistans natural resources.
The death of the Baloch chieftain sparked angry protests in parts of the country.
PAKISTAN FRIST, only?
NOT TERRORIST FRIST, OR PM,s Dam chair FRIST