KARACHI: Customs Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi awarded two to three months imprisonment along with Rs. 6,000,000 fine to six suspects and acquitted one in sales tax fraud case of Rs 210 million.
After the completing both sides’ arguments, the court awarded imprisonment along with Rs 1,000,000 fine to each accused. The convicts are Syed Ali Jawwad son of Syed Nadir Ali, Shahid Aziz son of Abdul Aziz Khalid, Inamul Haq son of Abdul Haq, Shakeel Ahmed son of Aziz Ahmed, Asif Patel son of Haji Abdul Rauf and Imran Ahmed Jan son of Ahmed Jan. However, the court acquitted Muhammad Zeshan son of S Muhammad Arif.
If, accused persons fail to pay the fine than they would suffer more 6 months imprisonment in Central Jail Karachi. It needs to be pertained here that above accused persons were arrested and bail out during the 2 to 3 months period.
Ashiq Ali Anwar Rana, Special Prosecutor for the state played key role for maximum fine which is highest fine in history of the Customs Court
