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JUI-F Senator pre-arrest bail plea accepted in Marvi Sirmed case

ISLAMABAD, (APP): Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F)
Senator Hafiz Hamdullah’s plea for pre-arrest bail in an
intimidation and assault case was accepted by a session court of
Islamabad on Wednesday.
Police registered First Information Report on June 14 against
JUI-F senator for allegedly threatening and trying to assault Marvi
Sirmed during a TV talk show on June 10.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Asif Mehmood took
up the senator’s bail plea and rejected the request of Marvi
Sirmed’s lawyer to adjourn the hearing till August 24 as Marvi
Sirmed is in Karachi.
Marvi was also not present in previous hearing and the Judge
directed the lawyer to ask from trial court for time extension.
Subsequently, the court accepted the bail of Hamdullah on a
surety bond of Rs 30,000 and ordered to contact areal magistrate for
further proceeding.