SC Accepts Bail Plea Of Man Involved In Kidnapping A Doctor

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Apr, 2019 ) :The Supreme Court on Thursday accepted the bail of a Pakistani-born French citizen allegedly involved in kidnapping a lady doctor Saba Ijaz from Rawalpindi.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik and comprising Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah heard the case.

During the course of proceedings, Justice Manzoor Malik remarked that it was a strange incident that a well educated girl was kidnapped from Rawalpindi and police had failed to trace her despite passage of one and half years, while the nominated accused was behind the bars for the last eleven months.

He remarked that the performance of the police was unsatisfactory.

City Police Officer Rawalpindi Ahsan Abbas said that police were doing its best to trace the lady doctor.

The counsel for the accused said that his client was not involved in the kidnapping and pleaded the court to grant bail to his client.

The court accepted the bail plea against Rs 200,000 surety bond and remarked that the accused would not be allowed to travel abroad.