LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday granted bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah Khan in a case pertaining to the drug smuggling filed against him by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).
A day earlier the high court had reserved its verdict on a post-arrest bail petition filed by Sanaullah in the said case. Justice Chaudhry Mushtaq Ahmad of the LHC reserved the verdict after defense counsel and prosecution concluded their arguments.
The former law minister had also filed a bail petition in the LHC on Oct 2. However, the petition was withdrawn the following day. Earlier this month, Sanullah once again moved the high court seeking post-arrest bail.
Earlier on Sept 20, a special court for Control of Narcotics Substance (CNS) also dismissed a bail petition by Sanaullah while releasing five co-suspects. On November 9, a CNS dismissed another bail petition by Sanaullah.
The PML-N stalwart was arrested by the ANF Lahore team on July 1 while he was traveling from Faisalabad to Lahore near the Ravi Toll Plaza on the motorway, claiming to have seized 15kg heroin from his vehicle. A special team of the force had also arrested five others, including the driver and security guards of the PML-N leader.
An FIR was lodged under Section 9(C) of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment or a jail term that may extend to 14 years, along with a fine up to Rs1 million.
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