- Zaidi claims a “dangerous case” has been registered against him.
- He was presented in court after completing 3 days of remand.
- Court approves bail against Rs 10,000 bail.
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate in the Malir district of Karachi on Thursday granted bail to Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh President Ali Zaidi in a fraud case after reaching an “out-of-court settlement” with the prosecutor.
Zaidi’s bail was approved after he was brought to court following the end of his three-day physical detention.
At the start of the hearing, the magistrate asked the authorities what kind of questioning they had conducted during the three days Zaidi was in custody.
The investigating officer informed the court that he was trying to track down the perpetrators who would be involved in the fraud case together with Zaidi.
The court then asked the agent where the progress report was. To which the police officer replied that he “forgot to attach” the report.
“Did the police torture you?” the court asked Zaidi.
“I was not mistreated by the police,” the PTI leader replied. At this point, his counsel also intervened and argued that his client’s detention was “illegal” according to the situation described by the police.
The court subsequently rejected the request of the investigating officer to extend the physical pre-trial detention and sent Zaidi on a court order.
Once the court approved the pretrial detention, Zaidi’s counsel filed a bail application with the court.
The court approved the Rs10,000 bond bail after the complainant’s lawyer, Kamran Baloch, told the court that they had reached an “out-of-court settlement”.
‘Bail not approved on merit’
Baloch later told the media that Zaidi had been released on humanitarian grounds, but bail had been approved on “merit”.
“Ali Zaidi’s bail was approved due to an out-of-court settlement. The complainant and Zaidi have agreed on a number of matters and other matters will be settled after (Zaidi’s) release,” said Baloch.
‘A dangerous case’
Zaidi, speaking to the media in court, claimed that a “dangerous case” had been registered against him.
“A case has been filed against me by a person who doesn’t even know who he is. It is not even clear whether the accuser is alive or not, but the case is registered,” said Zaidi.
Zaidi arrested in Karachi
Last week Zaidi was arrested in the metropolis on charges of “fraud”.
According to a first information report (FIR), Zaidi was arrested on charges of “fraud and making threats”. A case had been filed at Ibrahim Hyderi police station in the metropolis by a citizen named Fazal Elahi.
He was brought before the examining magistrate on Monday and taken into pre-trial detention police detention for three days.
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