ISLAMABAD -UNS Additional District and Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka has acquitted Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi in the nikkah during iddat case today, annulling the indictment in the case.
The court has orderd to release Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi immediately if they are not arrested in other cases by accepting their pleas.
The court has also dismissed Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi’s pleas against indictment in the case.
Judge Afzal Majoka announced the reserved verdict on the plea filed by Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi against the sentence in illegal marriage case in Islamabad’s district court.
Khawar Maneka’s counsel Advocate Zahid Asif and Imran Khan’s counsel Imran Sabir, Murtaza Tori and Zahid Dar appeared before the court.
Earlier, District and Sessions Judge Shahrukh Arjumand, in a letter, requested the Islamabad High Court to transfer the case to another judge as he could not announce the verdict due to a lack of trust by petitioner Khawar Maneka.
It’s noteworthy that PTI founder and Bushra Bibi were indicted on Feb 3 by senior civil judge Qudratullah who sentenced them to seven-year imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 each in the ‘nikkah during iddat’ case.
