LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Wednesday gave its verdict on the bail application of 97 people including Khadija Shah, Alia Hamza, on May 9 incidents.
The two-member division bench referred the bail petitions back to the trial court.
A two-member LHC bench comprising Justice Alia Neelam and Justice Asjad Javed Gural gave a safe verdict.
The court accepted the request of the Punjab government to add new
provisions in the cases.
It has been said in the court remarks that new provisions have been added
in the cases and the accused should be investigated according to the new
provisions.
Therefore, the accused persons need to approach the trial court for bail
after the new provisions.
Special Prosecutor Farhad Shah opposed the bail application. The special prosecutor said most of the accused were on remand and investigations of the case were under way.
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