KARACHI: The Sindh High Court granted post-arrest bail to a suspect in five cases pertaining to the export of gold worth billions of rupees on fake E-forms.
A single bench comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar directed suspect Sajid Abdul Qadir to submit surety bond of Rs 500, 000 in each case. Sajid Abdul Qadir approached the high court seeking his release on bail after the trial court dismissed his bail plea.
Wajahat Minhas, Muhammad Zubair, Kashan Iqbal, Hanif Musa, Sajid Abdul Qadir, Muhammad Shahid, and Irfan are in custody. However, three accused, Syed Abdul Qawi, Syed Tahir Hussain and Kamran Siddiqui have been released on bail. Tahir Ali and Muhammad Shakeel are still at large.
According to the details of the cases, the customs authorities registered five cases against exporters, including Saani Impex, BD Enterprises and Rubab Corporation, Makkah Enterprises, M/s Reaz Corporation for exporting gold worth billions of rupees on fake E-forms, causing huge losses to the national exchequer.
Advocate Amir Mansoob, the counsel for the applicant, submitted that accused Qawi was granted bail by the high court and the rule of consistency required that the same treatment should be meted out to his client. However, Ashiq Ali Anwar Rana, the customs prosecutor, did not oppose the bail plea.
