LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to one of the suspects involved in a case of alleged gang rape of two foreign women.
Earlier, state prosecutor Mehwish Farooq presented her arguments against the petition.
She said ample evidence was available with the prosecution to prove charges against the suspect.
However, Advocate Salman Shahid argued on behalf of the suspect/petitioner that his client had been falsely implicated in the case due to defective, selective and unfair investigation. He said no specific allegation or role had been attributed to the petitioner in the FIR.
The counsel argued that the police had not conducted an identification parade of the suspect.
He claimed that the DNA sample of his client also proved negative.
The counsel pointed out that the petitioner was a member of the janitorial staff at the property allegedly used for the alleged occurrence narrated in the FIR.
After hearing the arguments, Additional District and Sessions Judge Rafaqat Ali Gondal allowed the bail petition subject to furnishing surety bonds.
In this case, the police had initially arrested four suspects, including one related to a senior political figure. Later, they arrested more suspects including the petitioner.
The other day, the court had indicted eight suspects in the case and summoned prosecution witnesses.
Defence-C police had registered the FIR under Sections 365-A (kidnapping or abducting for extorting property, valuable security), 375-A (rape), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), 368 (wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person) and 337-L (ll) (punishment for other hurt) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in July.