SC grants Musharraf bail in Bugti murder case

[batmannow]

SC grants Musharraf bail in Bugti murder case[/I]
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Former president (retd) General Pervez Musharraf. — File photo
Updated
2013-10-09 13:43:25



QUETTA: A bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday hearing an appeal moved by former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf granted bail to the ex-army strongman, DawnNews reported.

A two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, heard Musharraf's appeal against the Balochistan High Court’s rejection of his bail application in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case.

The bench observed that substantial evidence was not available to involve Musharraf in the criminal conspiracy regarding Bugti’s murder and granted bail to the former president.

Musharaf was also ordered by the Supreme Court to pay two bail bonds of Rs 1 million each.

Though the court had summoned Jamil Bugti, a son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, who is a complainant in the case, he remained absent from today’s hearing.

Musharaf's counsel, Advocate Ibrahim Satti, stated that the Anti-Terrorist Court and the High Court had rejected Musharraf's bail plea on grounds of technicalities.

Satti further said that Musharraf had been kept under house arrest for more than six months only because of the Akbar Bugti case and that according to a court ruling, in case a bail application was rejected over technical grounds, the apex court was the authority to rule on the matter.

Additional Prosecutor General Balochistan Tahir Iqbal Khattak said "Musharraf is accused of being part of a criminal conspiracy."

He further added that Musharraf was chief executive and a CD recording was available with the complainant's councsel displaying the attack on Bugti's home.

"People were killed during those attacks," he declared.

Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany in return inquired as to "whether anyone had witnessed Musharraf or his alleged accomplices conspiring against Bugti?"

The court then stated that no substantial evidence was available to implicate Musharraf in the murder case.

The apex court then granted Musharraf's request for bail, and ordered him to submit two bonds of Rs 1 million each as surety.

Musharraf is also involved in two other cases, namely the Benazir murder case and the judges detention case. He had been granted bail in both cases.

On August 2006, Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was killed in an explosion in a cave, where he had taken refuge during a military crackdown ordered by Musharraf who was president and army chief at the time.

Bugti had led an armed campaign to press for provincial autonomy and a greater share of profits from Balochistan’s natural resources.

The death of the Baloch chieftain sparked angry protests in parts of the country.

PAKISTAN FRIST, only?
NOT TERRORIST FRIST, OR PM,s Dam chair FRIST

 

[Slayer786]

Well this was bound to happen. Just a waste of time for the courts and useless money wasted on the case.
General Musharraf was innocent of all charges.
This was done to make him stay away from elections.
He should just go away from Pakistan, as he was treated badly. We dont deserve him. He was happy doing his own stuff.

 

[Leader]

Run Girl Run

 

[FalconsForPeace]

So he is going to Dubai, there he will drive the bugatti veyron, oh the irony.

Mush ‘flying’ to Dubai
The Supreme Court Wednesday accepted former President and Army Chief Pervez Musharraf’s bail plea in the murder case of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti.
The former military dictator could leave Pakistan soon as Thursday as he has now secured bails in all the cases he was facing in the county, his lawyer said after the court decision.
Musharraf had been implicated in four cases – promulgation of Emergency on Nov 3, 2007, judges’ detention case, and murder cases of ex-PM Benazir Bhutto and Nawab Akbar Bugti. He had been given bail in rest of the three cases earlier, while no challan had been filed in another case pertaining to high treason.
A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk and comprising Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani and Justice Musheer Aalam Khan, accepting bail directed Musharraf’s counsel to deposit two surety bonds of Rs1 million each. In the previous hearing, the court had issued notice to applicant Jamil Bugti, a son of Nawab Akbar Bugti, but he did not appear before the bench on Wednesday.
During the proceeding, the bench observed that substantial evidence was not available to establish that Musharraf was involved in the criminal conspiracy regarding the murder of Akbar Bugti. “This is a case of criminal conspiracy for which solid evidences are required, and due to their unavailability, there is no justification for rejection of the bail plea,” it added.
Musharraf’s fate has been subject to intense speculation since he became the first former army chief to be arrested this year, breaking an unwritten rule that the top ranks of the military are untouchable, even after they have retired.
“The jail staff present at his house will pack up and leave as soon as they get the orders from the lower court,” Ahmed Raza Kasuri, who heads the Musharraf defence team, told Reuters. “Musharraf can fly to Dubai tomorrow once these legal formalities are completed,” he said.
During the hearing, the bench asked Balochistan Additional Prosecutor General Tahir Khattak about the evidences gathered against Musharraf. Khattak told the court that according to the statements of co-accused, Musharraf had ordered to take action against Bugti. He also stated that a CD recording in this regard was also available. Khattak insisted that Bugti was killed on the directives of Musharraf. Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany questioned if anyone had witnessed Musharraf or his alleged accomplices conspiring against Bugti.
Mush

 

[batmannow]

So he is going to Dubai, there he will drive the bugatti veyron, oh the irony.

he is still here, he isnt some, celebrity falling from a lift, drunk?
jus cause over doing the drama?

 

[SQ8]

For both the Musharraf lovers and the one against him; the real reason why Musharraf may not be tried or convicted is because he will open a Pandora's box on other activities of the Army that are extra-judicial and borderline criminal. After not being able to leave his house other than for court visits and under strict security, this may be his last visit to Pakistan. Perhaps, the establishment thinks its better to avoid him serving a criminal sentence than have him point out others for the same.

 

[batmannow]

Run Girl Run

arent you talking about this gril, huge grant,s gf?
hazaroon khuhisien aysii key dam nilkey, bhoot nikley merey arman phir bhi, kam nikley?
na raha sunami, na raha naya pakistan?
abb tu taliban hi, ney banana hai, na kaptan ko PM, talibanistan kaa???

 

[batmannow]

For both the Musharraf lovers and the one against him; the real reason why Musharraf may not be tried or convicted is because he will open a Pandora's box on other activities of the Army that are extra-judicial and borderline criminal. After not being able to leave his house other than for court visits and under strict security, this may be his last visit to Pakistan. Perhaps, the establishment thinks its better to avoid him serving a criminal sentence than have him point out others for the same.

just give a time & date, when he is leaving pakistan , & if its not happening, at least be kind enough, to not be the MOD on PDF?
can you do that?
you maybe, a hotshot, a clever guy!
whatever but, this beyond your brains man!

 

[Leader]

arent you talking about this gril, huge grant,s gf?
hazaroon khuhisien aysii key dam nilkey, bhoot nikley merey arman phir bhi, kam nikley?
na raha sunami, na raha naya pakistan?
abb tu taliban hi, ney banana hai, na kaptan ko PM, talibanistan kaa???

I was obviously talking about musharrfu

hope that solves your confusion

 

[Bratva]

And Darpouk General once again going to run away from Pakistan and people here actually believes he is patriotic

 

[batmannow]

I was obviously talking about musharrfu

hope that solves your confusion

but they look better couple thn budhaa kaptan?, she wants some 1 nearly her age, to understand the lonlyness given by kaptan, after taking a bit of gold from her?
dont worry, msharaf is trained SSG commando, not a wine drinking celebrity?
he is here to stay!
& to expose the wine drinking jewish political agents, who advocating offices, to thier TTp blood brothers?

And Darpouk General once again going to run away from Pakistan and people here actually believes he is patriotic :

he has dejected your kind of jewish/british politician supporters, before ?
he is going to do that, again?
just tell ik, its dangerous to drink wine, & fallling from the lift again?

 

[Patriots]

And Darpouk General once again going to run away from Pakistan and people here actually believes he is patriotic

Are you serious to expressing such comments about great leader of Pakistan

 

[Patriots]

Now he has been arrested again in Abdul Rasheed Ghazi's murder case

 

[Bratva]

he has dejected your kind of jewish/british politician supporters, before ?
he is going to do that, again?
just tell ik, its dangerous to drink wine, & fallling from the lift again?

:lol It's better to fall from lift and stay in pakistan than running to Dubai and England just after you resigned from presidency

Sharabi General has it's own tail of womanizings, Google.com his "flinges" with kashmala tariq and how Mrs.Musharraf threaten commando

Are you serious to expressing such comments about great leader of Pakistan

Everything is fair when arguing with @batmannow

 

[SQ8]

just give a time & date, when he is leaving pakistan , & if its not happening, at least be kind enough, to not be the MOD on PDF?
can you do that?
you maybe, a hotshot, a clever guy!
whatever but, this beyond your brains man!

If your keyboard survived that rant, read the post again in conjunction with the news article that speculates that he might leave for Dubai.
However, as of now he has been arrested again on further criminal charges
Pakistan rearrests former president Musharraf over Red Mosque deaths | Reuters