IHC adjourns Swati’s post-arrest bail plea

Islamabad: The Islamabad high court (IHC) Monday dismissed the post-arrest bail petition of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Azam Swati in a controversial tweets case.

According to details, the IHC chief justice Amir Farooq heard the petition registered by the senator Azam Swati.

The bail petition stated that the Swati did not post any offensive remarks against the state institutions.

The federation and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime wing were made the respondents in the petition.

The IHC adjourned the hearing till January 2 (Monday).

Meanwhile, PTI leader Asad Umar turned to Twitter and wrote: “The person who did corruption worth billions of rupees gets bailed sitting in London, whereas Azam Swati’s bail had not been approved even after week,” adding that these are the double standards of justice.

اربوں روپے کی کرپشن والے کی ضمانت لندن بیٹھے منظور اور اعظم سواتی کی ضمانت کئ ہفتے گزرنے کے بعد آج تک منظور نہیں. انصاف کا دہرا معیار

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) December 26, 2022

Earlier on December 21, a lower court in Islamabad had dismissed the post-arrest bail petition of Azam Khan Swati in the case.

Special Judge Central Muhammad Azam Khan heard the bail plea.

During the course of the proceedings, Special Prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi said there was a blue tick on the Twitter account of Swati, which was followed by famous personalities, including politicians and journalists.

He said the specific account belonged to Mr. Swati as he had never denied it. The accused had tried to make a narrative against the state institutions.

The prosecutor opposed Swati’s bail petition and requested the judge to dismiss the same.

Swati’s counsel Sohail Khan Swati argued that a cybercrime case could not be prepared on the basis of screenshots of his alleged tweets.

After listening to the arguments from both sides, the court reserved the verdict and later announced it dismissing the bail petition with the observation that Azam Swati had repeatedly committed the same crime.