\u00a0An anti-terrorism court transferred the terror case registered against PTI Chairman Imran Khan to a sessions court on Tuesday following the Islamabad High Court\u2019s (IHC) order to remove the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) section from the case.
\nKhan was charged with a terror case after he threatened an additional session judge and police officials of the capital city while addressing the supporters at one of his party\u2019s political rallies.
\nThe hearing of the case was conducted by Justice Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan in the anti-terrorism court in Islamabad. PTI chief\u2019s counsel Babar Awan appeared in the court on his behalf and read the IHC\u2019s order to remove terror sections from the case.
\nAwan requested that the case be transferred to the session court following IHC\u2019s order.
\nResponding to the request by Awan, the anti-terrorism court\u2019s judge said that no challan has been submitted to process the removal and that another bail application must be provided.
\n\u201cWe have neither received the challan, nor the witness statement, or anything else, then what should we transfer?\u201d the judge questioned.
\nThe judge said that the court only had the matter of bail until now and following the IHC\u2019s order, it no longer possesses the jurisdiction.
\nBabar responded by saying that the court has other bail applications on September 27, but the court can order the rest. The judge asked Awan to resubmit the bail application, while Babar said that they won\u2019t take the application back.
\nThe court also sought Special Prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi for his opinion and held the hearing till he showed up. After the break, the court ordered to transfer Khan\u2019s case to the session by adhering to the IHC\u2019s order.
\nThe anti-terrorism court, in its order, stated that the accused is free and can approach the relevant forum for bail.
\nThe court concluded the PTI chairman\u2019s bail petition in the case.
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