The High Court ruled that new charges added in 2022 to a 2017 IED case were improperly made, requiring the case to restart at the Criminal Court. Judge Ali Nadeem subsequently nullified the amended charge sheet, reinstated the original 2017 charges, and granted the defense request to reset the preliminary stage.
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The High Court ruled that this amendment, which added 15 new pieces of evidence and significantly altered the scope of the charges, violated the Criminal Procedure Act.
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the High Court has ruled that the inclusion of new charges related to a 2017 IED bomb plot targeting a meeting at the Jumhooree Party headquarters in M. Kunooz was improperly made, requiring the case to restart at the Criminal Court.
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Judge Ali Nadeem of the Criminal Court subsequently nullified the amended charge sheet and reinstated the original 2017 charges.
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