A lower court in Lahore rejected Aziz-ur-Rehman’s bail application. The cleric of Jamia Manzoorul Islamia of Lahore was booked on June 16 on charges of committing sodomy after videos showing him forcing himself on a student went viral. On October 21, a Lahore sessions court had summoned medical reports for hearing Aziz-ur-Rehman’s bail plea. This is the second time the court had rejected the accused’s request for bail. Additional Sessions Judge Noman Muhammad Naeem dismissed the petition after the completion of arguments by lawyers from both sides. At a hearing on October 4, Aziz-ur-Rehman and his sons rejected the accusations leveled against them. The case was heard by the ju.
Lahore [Pakistan], October 23 (ANI): A Pakistani court dismissed on Friday the bail petition of cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman, who is accused of sexually abusing a student of his madrassah.