Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has termed the seven-year sentence in the "un-Islamic" marriage or the 'Iddat' case as "politically motivated," which is meant to "humiliate" him, Dawn reported.
The court of Additional Session Judge Jaideep Singh held the accused Satyanarayan Vaishnav (59), a resident of Laxmipura colony in Indore, guilty and sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment under IPC section 467 read with section 471 and 7 years of imprisonment each under sections IPC 420
The judge pronounced the court's verdict in a case related to the plea registered by Bushra Bibi's former husband, Khawar Maneka against what he refers to as an un-Islamic and illegal nikah with Imran Khan.
"During the hearing on Wednesday (January 31), the court of Additional Sessions Judge and Special Judge, Rashmi Walter convicted Parmatma Das (53), under section 5M/6 POCSO act and a fine of Rs 2000," District Prosecution Officer, Sanjeev Srivastava said.
In an interaction with journalists, Imran Khan criticized the judges presiding over the decisions, accusing them of transforming the justice system into a show.
The court of Judge Class II (Junior Division) Mahendra Singh Mehsan on Tuesday (January 30) found the SDM guilty and pronounced the verdict. He also said that the SDM should be kept detained in the civil jail for three months, until that the court should not give order for his release.
The former first lady surrendered voluntarily before the accountability court in Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, where the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team took her into custody.
An Accountability Court (AC) in Pakistan on Wednesday sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 years in jail in the Toshakhana case, ARY News reported.
The Mavelikkara Additional Sessions Court has issued a death sentence to 15 Popular Front of India (PFI) members in the BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan murder case. All accused were the workers of PFI and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).
A special and fastrack court for protection of children from sexual offences has awarded a 20-year rigorous imprisonment to a man for raping a minor girl in Haryana's Jind district.
Hours after former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was sentenced to 10 years in jail in the cypher case, his lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar alleged that Khan's legal team was not allowed in the trial and they have now approached higher courts.