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Suspect should not be deprived of bail in case of 'reasonable doubt' over involvement, SC rules

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Suspect should not be deprived of bail in case of 'reasonable doubt' over involvement, SC rules

ISLAMABAD: Taking exception to the prosecution’s shifting stance without realising the gravity of that conduct in a case regarding expired drugs, the Supreme Court has ruled that whenever reasonable doubt arises, a suspect should not be deprived of the benefit of bail. The object of a trial is to make an under-trial suspect answer criminal trial instead of punishing by letting him rot behind bars, regretted Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar in a verdict published on Wednesday. He was heading a three-member bench that on July 22 heard a criminal appeal filed by Muhammad Akbar, who was originally gran

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