KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday rejected bail petitions of three suspects namely Muhammad Abid, Azam and other, who were involved in import & export sales tax fraud.
On Tuesday, A division bench announced a detail verdict on bail petition which was reserved earlier by the same bench. However, the court confirmed the bail of suspect namely Majid Ali.
In the same scam, FPCCI President Zubair Tufail is on bail and four suspects namely Abdul Wahid, Kashif, Naseer and Abdul Rauf are still in Central Jail on judicial remand.
Earlier, special prosecutor for NAB argued that accused persons are involved in mega scam and prosecution filed details documents as concrete evidences before the NAB court; therefore, the court may reject their bail petitions.
However, counsel for the accused persons argued that their clients are innocents and were falsely implicated in this case, who are ready to face trial and attending every date of the court proceeding; therefore, the court may grant their bail till final judgment of NAB court. The court also directed the suspects to appear before the trial court on each hearing.
