ISLAMABAD: A local court in Islamabad today rejected the bail plea filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill in a sedition case.
Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal announced the reserved verdict of the case after calling both the defence and prosecution to the court.
The district and sessions judge announced the decision on Gill’s bail plea after hearing arguments from both parties.
After the judge announced the verdict, Islamabad Police took Gill in its custody. PTI leader Gill remains in physical custody of the Islamabad Police in the case.
Shehbaz Gill was arrested from Islamabad’s Bani Gala area on August 9 on charges of sedition in a case registered at the Kohsar police station by the state for attempting to incite mutiny within state institutions through a televised speech.
Gill had subsequently filed a bail plea before the district and sessions court. Later, during a search of his apartment in the Parliament Lodges, an unlicenced weapon was discovered. While he was charged for the possession of the weapon, he managed to secure bail in that case.
