LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday granted post-arrest bail to Sialkot Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue (ADCR) Muhammad Iqbal Sanghera in a case registered by the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) for receiving bribe.
The ACE registered the case against the officer on charges of demanding and receiving a bribe by threatening to reject the NOC of a housing society.
Earlier, the petitioner’s counsel termed the allegations baseless and fabricated. He argued that the office of the commissioner revenue had no authority to cancel an NOC of any housing society.
The lawyer further submitted that the officer had been unlawfully incarcerated for four months. He said there was no need to keep the petitioner behind the bars as the investigation had been completed.
A prosecutor opposed the bail plea, saying the ADCR had received bribes amounting to more than Rs 193.3 million from the owner of the housing society.
The court after hearing both the sides at length allowed bail to the ADCR.
The ACE claimed to have recovered a luxury SUV, a Rolex watch, and files for two commercial plots from the suspect’s possession. It also recovered Rs 1.47 million of bribe money from the suspect.
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