ISLAMABAD: A Judicial Magistrate of Islamabad directed to conduct another medical analysis of PTI’s Leader Shahbaz Gill and ordered to keep him in hospital till August 22, in a sedition case registered by Kohsar Police Station.

Court order said that two-day physical remand of accused was not started yet and thus rejected request of prosecution for further eight days remand.

Shahbaz Gill was produced before court of Judicial Magistrate Raja Farakh Ali Khan by police amid foolproof security arrangements. Court said that accused seemed not well as he was suffering from asthama and instructed to conduct his medical examination again. During course of proceeding, police requested court to grant further eight-day physical remand of accused. At this, judge asked whether two days physical remand had completed as accused had been in hospital. He questioned why prosecution was demanding further eight day remand.

Special Prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi contended that a medical analysis of accused was done when he was admitted in hospital. He said that investigation officer himself could ensure medical check-up of accused in emergency without directives of court. It was not written anywhere in law that accused physical remand couldn’t be granted in sickness, he added.

He said that medical officer of Adiala Jail had informed IHC that Shahbaz Gill was stable when he was brought at jail and his medical report was normal. Officer said that health problems appeared of accused when court granted police further two day remand of accused, he said. Gill’s counsel Faisal Chaudhry Advocate said that court had itself viewed health condition of his client.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 20 2022

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