ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench on Tuesday granted bail to accused Mian Tariq Mahmood in a case pertaining to blackmailing former accountability judge Arshad Malik.
The two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Aamir Farooq announced a reserved verdict on the accused person’s bail petition, directing him to furnish a surety of Rs100,000 to secure his bail.
The court approved the bail for Mahmood for want of evidence to substantiate charges against him.
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Mehmood is accused of filming Arshad Malik’s video and then blackmailing him.
PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz had released a video purportedly showing former accountability court judge Arshad Malik confessing that he handed down prison sentence to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia reference case under duress.
Earlier, on March 11, an anti-terrorism court had rejected bail of Mian Tariq. The verdict was pronounced by ATC Judge Rana Javad Abbas.
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