Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case: Court observations in bail matter not prejudicial, says SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday held that any observation made by the court granting or refusing bail to an accused person in a criminal case is always to be treated as tentative in nature and the same is not to prejudice the trial court in any manner.

The court issued written order in the appeals of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the order of Lahore High Court (LHC), granting bail to Mian Shahbaz Sharif and Fawad Hassan Fawad in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case.

SC Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa in his written order stated that observation made by the court granting or refusing bail to an accused person in a criminal case is always to be treated as tentative in nature and the same is not to prejudice the trial court in any manner.