Overview
- Judicial Magistrate Shafqat Abbas granted post-arrest bail to five suspects on surety bonds of Rs50,000 each.
- The complainant, Sajid Hussain, and the deceased woman's husband, Murtaza, told the court they would not pursue the case and had no objection to acquittal or discharge.
- Those presented in court were Project Manager Asghar Sandhu, contractor company CEO Salman Yasin, Site Incharge Hunzala, Ahmed Nawaz and Daniyal.
- Defence counsel said the company owner had surrendered to police and provided a Rs10 million cheque to the family, which preceded the written pardon submitted to the court.
- Police had registered a Section 322 manslaughter case after the mother and her 10-month-old daughter died in an uncovered manhole near Data Darbar last month, prompting earlier arrest orders from Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.