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Order on SMC students' bail plea reserved
KARACHI, Sept 2: The additional district and sessions judge-III, South,
Sultan Mohammad Awan, on Saturday reserved his order on the bail application of
17 students, allegedly involved in a recent clash at the Jinnah Postgraduate
Medical Centre.
The judge fixed Sept 5 for the pronouncement of his
order.
Defence counsel Mohammad Sarwar appeared on behalf of the students
belonging to the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT). In his arguments, he said that at
the time of arrest, the students were busy reciting the Quran in a local
mosque.
He said that the police had arrested them with mala fide
intentions and they had nothing to do with the clash.
The students had
been remanded in judicial custody by the judicial magistrate-1, South, Aurangzeb
Alamgir Qazi, on Aug 28. Dawn
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