A sessions court in Islamabad has approved the bail of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry in a sedition case in lieu of a surety bond of Rs20, 000. <\/p>\n
Judge Faizan Gilani, on the occasion, said that he was granting bail to Fawad on the condition that he would not utter the objectionable words, which landed him in jail, again. <\/p>\n
Fawad had been picked up from his Lahore residence seven days ago following registration of a case at Kohsar police station in Islamabad under sections 153-A (promotion of enmity between groups), 506 (criminal intimidation), 505 (statement conducing to public mischief) and 124-A (sedition) of the Pakistan Penal Code.<\/p>\n
A judicial magistrate in Lahore later granted to the police one-day transit remand of Fawad, allowing them to shift him to Islamabad upon completion of his medical checkup. <\/p>\n
According to the FIR, Fawad had said that the Election Commission\u2019s position was that of a clerk (Munshi). The PTI leader had further said \u2018if you are so weak, go away and sit at your homes\u2019.<\/p>\n
The FIR further stated that Fawad Ch threatened the chief election commissioner and the ECP\u2019s other members and their families. <\/p>\n
Due to PTI leader\u2019s speech, the lives of the ECP members and their families had come under threat, read the FIR. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A sessions court in Islamabad has approved the bail of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry in a sedition case in lieu of a surety bond of Rs20, 000. Judge Faizan Gilani, on the occasion, said that he was granting bail to Fawad on the condition that he would not utter the objectionable words, which landed him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-311090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-fawad"},"yoast_head":"\n