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SC denies bail to PPP MNA Bajrani in vani case
 A Supreme Court bench on Monday rejected Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Mir Hazar Khan Bajranis plea for protective bail in a vani case in which he, heading a jirga, ordered the handover of five girls to some families to resolve a murder dispute. However, the police of Kashmor, from where the case was reported, did not arrest the MNA despite being present at the court. The Lahore High Courts Rawalpindi bench had already denied Bajrani protective bail. Latif Khosa, counsel for Bajrani, pleaded before the seven-member bench headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry that his client be granted protective bail to file a bail petition with the Sindh High Court (SHC) as he fears the provincial chief minister, his political rival, could prevent his doing so. The court refused to grant the bail and asked the MNA to approach the SHC for this purpose. The CJ said the court could not grant bail to Bajrani just because he was an influential person. Posted by: Fred 2007-09-04 |
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