PESHAWAR: The special judge (offences in banking) has granted bail to an accused person arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on charges of fraudulently withdrawing Rs2 million from the bank account of another person through ATM (automated teller machine).

Judge Madad Khan accepted the bail petition of the accused named Badiuz Zaman with the direction to furnish two sureties of Rs1 million each.

The FIA’s commercial banking circle had on July 7, 2015, registered an FIR on a complaint filed by Hazrat Khan about fraudulent withdrawal of Rs2 million from his account opened at a branch in the cantonment.

The petitioner’s counsel stated that his client was charged in the case along with the complainant’s son named Zahidullah and another person named Mian Jawed. He added the other two accused had been absconding in the case.

He said his client was charged under section 409, 419, 420 and 489-F of Pakistan Penal Code. He added the petitioner had been behind bars for over two years and there was no likelihood of conclusion of his trial in near future.

The counsel stated that initially the trial of the accused was conducted by an additional sessions judge, but subsequently that court had pronounced that the trial should be conducted by the special court.

Published in Dawn, October 8th, 2017

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