ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday rejected the post-arrest bail petition of an accused involved in blasphemy case.
IHC’s Justice Muhammad Azam Khan heard the bail petition of the accused and dismissed it after hearing the arguments. The FIA had registered a case against the accused under the Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (PECA).
The court, on its order, said that the petitioner s lawyer had claimed that the complainant had registered a baseless case. The petitioner is not the main accused in the case, and he was included after 10 months, it said.
The court said that as per the record of the recovered mobile, the blasphemous material was sent through WhatsApp. As per the technical analysis, blasphemous sketches, graphics and pictures were shared from the mobile of the accused. Furthermore, the mobile phone is registered in the name of the accused.
The technical analysis report proves the involvement of the accused in the crime, it said. It said that the observations given in this case wouldn’t affect the case trial in the relevant court. Without going into the case merits, the court considered that the accused is not entitled to bail at this stage.
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