Pre-arrest bail for actresses

[Naveed Yaseen]

LAHORE: An additional district and sessions court on Tuesday granted a pre-arrest bail on submitting surety bounds of Rs 50,000 each until July 27, to stage actresses Deedar, Nida Chaudhry, Sonia Idrees and three others.

On the directions of apex court to impede vulgarity in films, the case had been registered at Qila Gujjar Singh Police Station against Deedar, Nida Chaudhry, Sonia Idrees, Hina Shaheen, producers Zafar Sharif and Maqsood Ahmed and others.

In Thursday’s hearing, the court accepted their interim bail and directed them to submit surety bounds of Rs 50,000 in court within the next seven days.

The court also directed them to join the police investigation. Meanwhile, Investigation Officer Sub-Inspector Saifullah presented the case record in the court. The petitioners’ lawyers said their clients were not involved in any type of vulgar acts and should be granted bail.

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