Raoof Hasan granted bail in Peca case
Pakistan
Sessions court accepts bail plea of Raoof Hasan
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A district and sessions court on Thursday accepted the post-arrest bail of PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan in a case registered under Peca law.
Raoof Hasan is in the custody of CTD on a two-day physical remand by the Anti-Terrorism Court which would prevent his immediate release.
Duty Magistrate Abbas Shah heard the post-arrest petition filed by Raoof Hasan and other accused in the case.
Advocate Ali Bukhari represented the accused while FIA Prosecutor Amir Sheikh and the investigation officer also came along the record of the case.
Advocate Bukhari told the court that the case was registered on the revelations made by Ahmed Waqas Janjua.
He mentioned that eight accused were paid employees whereas Raoof Hasan had no connection with any of them.
He further told the court that the allegations on Raoof Hasan did not even exist in the FIR. "The court has substantial grounds to accept the bail plea and even discharge the accused from the case," he said.
Bukhari referred to the case of Azam Swati where Justice Babar Sattar had accepted Swati’s bail plea in a case registered for making a tweet under Peca.
The FIA prosecutor argued that there were four technical reports in this case, which showed the existence of over 100 WhatsApp groups provoking violence.
The prosecutor also read out the transcripts of different tweets.
He further said "whatever is said by Raoof Hasan becomes narrative".
He told the court that Rahul was a frontman of Indian agency RAW whereas accused Liaquat created propaganda for the Baloch Liberation Front.
The sessions court reserved its decision which was announced an hour later.
