Court orders Bushra Bibi to show up on Dec 14; Khawar Maneka had recorded a request against nikkah during iddat
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Bushra Bibi's ex additionally showed up in court with his legal counselor.
Court requests observers in sex charges against couple.
Police coordinated to introduce Imran Khan at next hearing.
ISLAMABAD: A common court on Monday proclaimed the instance of an unlawful marriage against previous top state leader Imran Khan and his ongoing spouse, Bushra Bibi, as permissible.
The court's choice was trailed by the issuance of notification to the gatherings in question, including Bushra Bibi, under Segment 496-B. The court has requested her to show up face to face on December 14, which has been booked as the following hearing date, The News revealed.
According to the reports, Khawar Maneka — Bushra Bibi's previous spouse, who had moved toward the court — has asserted that the marriage was unlawful and against the laws of Sharia.
During the consultation, Maneka additionally showed up in court alongside his legal counselor, Rizwan Abbasi.
Besides, the couple additionally has to deal with penalties of sex yet the court has shown that it would request two observers from the complainant to give proof against the couple in such manner.
Subsequent to hearing the contentions on the acceptability of the case, the senior common adjudicator held his choice and later pronounced the case permissible.
The adjudicator then, at that point, gave notification to the gatherings for December 14 under Segment 496-B of the Pakistan Reformatory Code (PPC), the sex statement in Pakistani regulation, which conveys a greatest punishment of five years in prison and a fine of Rs10,000.
Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi were initially blamed for wedding inside the three-month iddat period that follows a separation. Also, Maneka has blamed them for sex.
While introducing his contentions, Rizwan Abbasi expressed that Segment 296-B applied to the case, asserting that Maneka and his worker Latif were the two onlookers for the situation.
In any case, the adjudicator said that the law was clear and that two observers were expected notwithstanding the complainant.
The legal counselor demanded introducing his contention and said the maidservant was likewise in the house and could be delivered as an observer. The court likewise got some information about clinical proof.
The appointed authority said that Maneka couldn't be half complainant and half observer simultaneously. The appointed authority in the end saved the choice, which he gave over later.
The court has trained specialists to take Imran Khan's e-participation for the case on the following hearing, as he is detained in Adiala prison.
