KARACHI: Customs (Taxation & Anti-Smuggling) Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi granted an interim pre-arrest bail to accused Mohsin S/o Abul Ghaffar booked in an illegal removal of pay-order in the Securities Section of the Collectorate and misusing pay-order worth Rs02.5million.
During the hearing, abovementioned accused appeared before the court along with his counsel and moved an application for pre-arrest bail. The counsel argued that his client is innocent and was falsely implicated in the case therefore court is requested to grant his pre-arrest bail till final disposal of the case. After his arguments, court granted his bail and observed in its order that “Without touching the merits of the case, ad-interim pre-arrest bail is granted to accused to furnish surety in the sum of Rs200000 each with P.R bond in the like amount to the satisfaction of this court.
The court also directed accused to join investigation if and when required by the investigation officer and appear before the court on the next date of hearing. The court also called the police papers and issued notice to special prosecutor for customs department.
According to the prosecution, case was registered against accused in violation of committed a fiscal fraud as defined under Sections 32A of the Customs Act-1969 punishable under clause 14A of Section 156(1) of the Customs Act-1969. Case was registered against Complainant by Muhammad Saleem Khan, Appraising Officer at Research and Development Section, MCC Appraisement East, Customs House, Karachi.
