LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Tuesday granted pre-arrest bail to a suspect of Kasur child abuse scandal.
The bench headed by Justice Muhammad Anwarul Haq allowed the interim bail to Tanzeelur Rehman till Aug 31 against furnishing of two bail bonds of Rs100,000 each. Mr Rehman is an employee of the high court, however, the chief justice had suspended him from service after he was nominated in the case.
Rehman through his counsel pleaded that police implicated him in the case merely on the statements of other suspects.
He said police nominated him in four FIRs lodged about the incident but failed to produce any cogent evidence.
He said he would join police investigation to prove his innocence. He asked the court to grant him pre-arrest bail.
The bench allowed the petition and granted interim bail to the suspect.