KARACHI: Customs (Taxation & Anti-Smuggling) Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi granted an interim bail to accused Ziaur Rahman S/o Nisar Muhammad Qadri against the surety of Rs200000. Ziaur Rahman was booked in a case of mis-declaration and evasion of duty and taxes of Rs1.1million.
During the hearing, accused appeared before the court along with his counsel who argued that his client was falsely implicated in this case therefore court may grant him a bail till the final verdict of the case.
After arguments, court granted him the bail against the surety of Rs200000 and directed the accused to appear before the court on the next date of hearing.
It may be mentioned here that on the last date of hearing, the court had remanded him to jail.
According to the prosecution, the case was registered in violation of section 2 (s), 32 (1), & (2), 32 A, 79 (1) and 192 of the Customs Act-1969 punishable under clauses 8, 14, 14A, 44, 45, 46, 86, 89 of section 156 (i) ibid read with SRO 566(1)/2005 dated 06/06/2005 and sub-section of section 3 of Import & Export (Control) Act-1960 further read with section (3) of the Sales Tax Act-1990 and section 148 of the Income Tax Ordinance-2001.
