Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court ordered the release of PTI leader Shehbaz Gill who was arrested in the sedition case on bail.
Chief Justice Athar Minullah heard Shahbaz Gill’s bail application in the Islamabad High Court today.
Shahbaz Gill’s lawyer Salman Safdar, while starting the arguments, said that Shahbaz Gill’s bail application was rejected by the Additional Sessions Judge, 14 provisions have been imposed in the case, the investigation has been completed, no further recovery should be made.
He said that a case was registered against Shahbaz Gill on a speech, Shahbaz Gill’s application to dismiss the case is also pending, this case was made on political grounds based on malice, the whole case revolves around a speech.
He said that Shahbaz Gill was a special assistant in the Tehreek-e-Insaf government, Shahbaz Gill was made Chief of Staff of Imran Khan after the end of the government, Shahbaz Gill is very critical of the government.
On this, the Chief Justice stopped Shahbaz Gill’s lawyer from talking about politics and remarked that he should argue on legal points.
Later, Shehbaz Gill’s lawyer Salman Safdar read out the text of the FIR, on this occasion City Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza Chandio, the plaintiff in the case against Shehbaz Gill, was also present in the court room.
Salam Safdar said that police action is very important in this whole case.
The Chief Justice asked the lawyer of the accused that Shahbaz Gill had said all these things, how will you justify this statement of a party spokesman, why political parties bring forces into politics.
Shahbaz Gilll’s lawyer said that there was more chaos than the plaintiff’s own sentences, the speech was not as chaotic as the plaintiff himself, some parts of the speech were taken out and some parts were combined to make a case.
Shahbaz Gill’s lawyer read out the text of the speech, he said that Shahbaz Gill took the names of the senior leadership of Muslim League (N) in his speech, all these words were removed in the case maliciously and under the plan. Gill’s entire conversation was about the strategic media cell.
Chief Justice Athar Manullah said that to what extent political parties have increased hatred, look at this speech, this speech shows how much hatred has been increased.
Salman Safdar said that no one else has the authority to file a case on behalf of the armed forces, the case of Iman Mazari came to this court, you dismissed the case.
On this, the Chief Justice instructed Salman Safdar that you should talk about your case, it is a separate case.
Salman Safdar said that provisions of sedition were also included in the case against Shehbaz Gill, the trial court ended the case of the prosecution, the remand of Shehbaz Gill was made very controversial, the provisions of sedition also made this case controversial. , the trial court said that 12 out of 13 provisions do not apply to Shehbaz Gul, on this Chief Justice Athar Minullah remarked that let’s not give one number.
Salman Safdar said that this case was registered not by anyone else but by Muslim League (N), if the armed forces had reservations, they would have registered the case themselves.
The Chief Justice replied that no, don’t do that, what Shahbaz Gill said was inappropriate, it is a different matter that the armed forces are not weak enough to demoralize them with such statements.
The Chief Justice inquired whether permission was taken from the government to register the case.
Shehbaz Gul’s lawyer replied that permission was not taken from the government to file the case, sedition cases are filed on very serious charges, sedition provisions have been made a joke.
Chief Justice Athar Manullah said that Shahbaz Gul is the spokesperson of a political party, during the tenure of this government, a case of sedition was registered in Islamabad.
Shahbaz Gill’s lawyer said that it is easy to make a case of sedition, it is very difficult to prove it, Shahbaz Gul has been in custody for 36 days, he has already served a lot of punishment for what he did.
The Chief Justice said that this court has given a detailed verdict in the sedition case against PTM
Salman Safdar said that it is fortunate that the court gave an opportunity to read the complete speech of Shahbaz Gill, there are decisions of the Supreme Court on disobeying illegal orders. Be accepted.
The Chief Justice said that Shahbaz Gill’s statement was inappropriate, no justification can be given for it, Shahbaz Gill’s statement was also defamatory, people’s honor should not be insulted, you should explain how the provisions imposed on Shahbaz Gill are wrong. ? Did the spokesperson of the political party not know that the armed forces have taken an oath not to interfere in politics?
He said that Shahbaz Gul’s statement was irresponsible, inappropriate and defamatory. Did anything come up in the investigation that Shahbaz Gul had contacted any soldier? Was there any contact with which Shahbaz Gul tried to incite rebellion? Do you think such an irresponsible statement can affect the armed forces?
During the hearing, the prosecutor said that if the pardon is accepted in this way, the murderer should also seek pardon from the trial court.
Speaking to the prosecutor, the Chief Justice said that do not give arguments on sedition, this court does not accept sedition, leave it and give arguments on the rest of the provisions.
The Chief Justice inquired from the Special Prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi whether the investigation revealed that Shahbaz Gul had contacted any army jawan for mutiny. Has a complaint ever been filed by the armed forces? Can the armed forces be affected by such a careless statement? The trial court threw out all but one of your motions
The Special Prosecutor replied that there was no need to challenge the order of the trial court.
The Chief Justice said that if the order goes against you, there is a need to challenge it.
The prosecutor replied that it is not written anywhere that the armed forces will file an FIR on their own, as per the law, incitement to rebellion is also an aiding and abetting crime. .
Chief Justice Athar Minullah said that if any officer or official is involved in the rebellion, then Shahbaz Gul can be involved in the crime, who calls others traitors if he wants to.
Prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi said that the forensic report of Shehbaz Gill’s phone is yet to come, Shehbaz Gill’s mobile was taken away by the driver, the mobile has not been provided till date, Shehbaz Gill is not cooperating with the prosecution at all in the investigation, Section 131 Pakistan Panel. The code called for punishment for making statements against the armed forces.
The court said that in the section you are referring to, it has been said that there will be punishment for making a statement against an officer.
The special prosecutor said that Shahbaz Gul spoke to the extent of all officers of the armed forces in the statement.
The court said that the trial court was not satisfied and then the provisions were not followed.
The special prosecutor said that what the accused said is also present in the FIR and the accused has not denied it. The satellite phone has very dangerous things. The report is yet to come. On this, the court said that if the report If it hasn’t come yet, these are the things to come.
The Special Prosecutor said that the accused had given a statement about all the officers of the armed forces, on which the Chief Justice remarked that the armed forces were not so weak as to be affected by such statements, the previous government had also made cases of rebellion. The present is also making, after Shehbaz Gill’s speech, the investigation found contact with someone? Has there been any conflicting material against Shahbaz Gill yet?
The prosecutor said that Shahbaz Gul tried to create division in the Pakistan Army.
The Chief Justice said that if we go to social media, half of Pakistan will be in jail.
“It’s not going to end until they’re in jail,” the prosecutor said.
The Chief Justice said that putting him in jail will not do anything unless there is an effort to improve.
The prosecutor said that Shahbaz Gul deliberately sat on TV and said these things, Shahbaz Gul deliberately tried to provoke.
The court inquired that you submitted the report of 173? Have they contacted any soldiers to mutiny? Is there any evidence?
The Special Prosecutor replied that there was no evidence that he had contacted any soldiers or officers.
The Chief Justice inquired why Shahbaz Gill’s bail application should be rejected. It has been a very consistent position of this Court on the issue of bail, that time spent in custody cannot be redeemed upon final acquittal.
The prosecutor said that seeing the track record of Shehbaz Gill, he may repeat such an act, on this the Chief Justice said that if he does such an act again, an application can be made to the trial court.
Later, Chief Justice Athar Minullah granted bail to Shahbaz Gul and ordered him to submit a bond of Rs 5 lakh.
