IHC stops police from arresting Imran Khan in Toshakhana case

The PTI chief challenged the rejection of the suspension petition in the court.
Imran Khan assured to appear in court.
Instructions to the police to ensure security on the occasion of Imran Khan’s appearance.

The Islamabad High Court on Friday stopped the police from arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. Tosha Khana case.

Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Amir Farooq heard Khan’s petition challenging the order of the District and Sessions Court of Islamabad. Arrest warrant For PTI chief

The High Court said that the former prime minister should be given an opportunity to appear in court.

The Registrar’s Office of the IHC had earlier raised objections to Khan’s plea challenging his arrest warrant in the Toshakhana case.

The office noted that the PTI chief’s biometric verification is not available. How can the High Court hear the same matter which it has already decided? The office also questioned.

Later, the court decided to hear Khan’s plea with RO’s objections.

At today’s hearing, the Chief Justice of the IHC inquired about the objections raised on the petition. Khan’s lawyer Khawaja Haris told him that the issue of biometric verification has been resolved.

Regarding the objections to the decision of the IHC on the previous petition, he said that the court has sent the matter to the trial court.

The Chief Justice said that we had asked the court to look into the issue of undertaking.

He said that everyone is equal before the law. “Do you want to appear in court and give assurance in this regard?” he asked.

On this, Khan’s lawyer requested the bench to suspend the arrest warrant so that the PTI chief could appear in court.

Justice Farooq warned the lawyer that if he does not fulfill the promise, he will have to bear the consequences, contempt of court action will be taken.

After which the court gave relief to Imran Khan and directed the police not to arrest him.

The IHC also ordered the district administration and Islamabad Police to provide security.

In the petition, the former prime minister was challenged. Decision of Islamabad Court for rejecting the plea to suspend the arrest warrant issued against him in the Toshakhana case.

Khan, who is confined to his Zaman Park residence in Lahore in defiance of a court order directing him to appear before the court, filed the application through his lawyer Haris.

In his petition, the PTI chairman has requested that “the statement be accepted and the police be restrained from arresting him.” [him]”

The PTI chief assured the court to appear in the Islamabad court tomorrow (Saturday), requesting the court to hear his plea immediately.

“[…] Non-bailable warrants of arrest have been issued by this Court only for the appearance of the petitioner. The petitioner is ready and willing to appear before this Court on the appointed date i.e. 18.03.2023 and has given his affidavit in this regard.

“It is absolute law that the purpose of issuing a non-bailable warrant of arrest is to secure the attendance of the accused and the undertaking has served the purpose of the warrant. To be unjustly humiliated.”

The court rejected Khan’s plea.

An Islamabad court on Thursday rejected Khan’s plea to suspend the non-bailable arrest warrant issued in the Tosha Khana case.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal while pronouncing the reserved judgment directed the concerned authorities to arrest the former prime minister and produce him in the court on March 18.

He said that this decision has been taken after examining every aspect of the law, hoping that the petitioners will enjoy reading the detailed decision.

Imran KhanThe indictment in the reference, which was scheduled for February 28, was disputed several times earlier due to his continued absence from hearings. Later, the court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for the PTI chairman.

The party on Tuesday requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to suspend Khan’s non-bailable arrest warrant in the Tosha Khana case, but the high court directed the ousted prime minister’s lawyer to move the trial court as his arrest It was ordered. according to law”