Overview
- The verdict was delivered Thursday by ATC-XV at the Judicial Complex inside Central Prison Karachi.
- The court ruled the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt after the complainant, the truck driver, and the conductor turned hostile and did not identify the accused.
- Police testimony did not corroborate the FIR narrative, and contradictions in statements created multiple doubts that barred conviction.
- Defence counsel Javed Ahmed Chhatari argued for acquittal against prosecutor Nasrullah Majeed, with the judge extending benefit of the doubt under Section 265-H(1) of the CrPC.
- Afaq Ahmed attended on bail, and his lawyer noted that two other cases against the MQM-H chief remain pending.