Legal loopholes led to Lakhvi's bail: Pak ATC

December 27, 2014 14:38

Legal loopholes, weak evidence and irrelevant sections invoked against Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the key planner of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, led to the granting of his bail, an Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad said.

ATC judge Judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi, who had granted bail to Lakhvi on December 18, in his written order said that the evidence against 54-year-old accused was based on the statements of the officials of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) which apparently were 'insufficient' to refuse him bail.

The court observed that from the statements of the prosecution witnesses reveal that Lakhvi had been charged on 'hearsay' basis.

"It is also an admitted fact that not a single word has been uttered by Mohammad Mumtaz (witness) against Lakhvi," it said.

The registration of the FIR and the insertion of different sections of the law also benefited Lakhvi. The FIR was registered about three months after the incident.

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