ISLAMABAD, Aug 29(ABC): An Islamabad court on Tuesday disposed of senior PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s bail petition in the sedition case filed against him.
The district and sessions judge announced the reserved verdict on Gill’s bail plea after hearing in-length arguments from both parties. The detailed verdict will be released shortly.
Gill is booked in a sedition and arms recovery case and is in jail after he was sent on judicial remand following back-and-forth hearings and his counsel’s repeated allegations against the Islamabad police.
Gill was arrested on August 9 in Islamabad after a sedition case was filed against him for inciting mutiny within the Pakistan Army. He was already facing sedition charges, but the Islamabad Police — last week — also registered a case against the PTI leader over possession of an illegal weapon.
His bail in the arms recovery case has already been approved.
Gill was booked in the case after police raided the incarcerated PTI leader’s room in Parliament Lodges late Monday — where they recovered weapons, a satellite phone, and foreign currency.
The PTI has repeatedly demanded that the party leader be released on bail, alleging that he is facing humiliation, torture and sexual abuse in police custody.
Gill, during the raid at his Parliament Lodge’s residence, also told journalists that he had been sexually assaulted.
The party leader also asserted that he was denied treatment for asthma; however, the federal government and police have refuted the allegations.
