Karachi: The City Court South on Wednesday granted bail to two accused who had earier fled from court after their bail was cancelled by court in a case related to the death of Dr Maha Shah in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority.
The hearing was conducted by a Judicial Magistrate South where accused, Junaid and Waqas, surrendered themselves before court. The court granted them bail against the surety bond of Rs50,000 each. The accused were booked in case for fleeing away from the court after cancellation of bail.
Both accused had escaped from the courtroom on September 21 when a sessions court revoked their interim pre-arrest bail.
The accused had got protective bail from Sindh High Court (SHC) and today (Wednesday) they appeared in local court in the case regarding fleeing away from court.
It may be noted that Maha, a young female doctor practicing at a private hospital in Clifton, had allegdly committed suicide by shooting herself at her home in DHA on Aug 18.
Police had initially said that the doctor had allegedly committed suicide by shooting herself in her home. However, they later filed a case against her friends Junaid Khan, Waqas, Dr Irfan Qureshi and two others on the complaint of her father, who claimed that they had abused his daughter and intoxicated her, which led to her death.