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Pakistani gets bail to prove innocence
Tuesday March 20, 2012 09:28:57 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
A court Tuesday granted interim bail to a Pakistani, accused of
entering India illegally as a spy, so that he could prove his
innocence.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav granted two weeks bail
to Imran so that he can place documents in the court to prove he
has applied to the central government to permanently settle down
in India.
"Considering the facts and circumstances of the case from a human
angle, it (is) a fit case for grant of interim bail to accused on
his furnishing surety and personal bond of Rs.20,000 each," the
magistrate said.
Imran and his wife Soofia Kanwal, who lived in Karachi, were
arrested in December. Police said the couple entered India at the
behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.
Imran told the court that he was an Indian by birth and was living
in Gujarat. He went to Pakistan at the age 15 and acquired
Pakistani citizenship.
Imran said he was implicated wrongly because police gave false
details about him.
He claimed he was arrested in November 2011 but police said he was
held a month later.
Police had seized a Pakistani national identity card in Imran's
name, a Pakistani citizenship card of Soofia Kanwal, a driving
licence of Gujarat, and an Indian PAN card.
Imran told the court that he returned to India to settle here
permanently and urged the judge to give him a few days so that he
could prove his innocence.
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