KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to a suspect in a case pertaining to the smuggling of Iranian diesel.
Justice Salahuddin Ahmed, who headed a single bench, approved the bail of Noor Akbar with surety of Rs 50,000.
Advocate Aqeel Ahmed, the counsel for the applicant submitted that his client was an employee at the godown. He did not know about whether the oil was smuggled is Iranian as he was just doing his job. He added the customs authorities have failed to nail the main accused persons, including the owner of the godown, who are still at large. He requested the court to grant his client bail as his custody is no more required for interrogation.
According to the prosecution, Pakistan Customs’ Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) raided a godown located in the Korangi area of Karachi and seized 9,700 liters of Iranian diesel along with an oil tanker on October 02, 2015. Alleged smuggler Noor Akbar was taken into custody from the godown.
Subsequently, an FIR was registered against Noor, Suhail and Mubashir under the customs anti-smuggling laws.
