Drug case: Rana Sanaullah to be freed from prison today

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah is expected to be freed from prison today as he was arrested earlier in the drug case.

The move came after the Lahore High Court (LHC)  on Tuesday granted bail to Rana Sanaullah in a drug case. and directed him to submit two surety bonds of Rs1 million each.

The LHC bench today issued a written verdict recording the reasons that compelled it to grant Sanaullah bail after arrest which mentioned that the trial court hearing the drug case against the accused had already granted bail to co-accused, which was not even challenged by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) before the high court.

On 21st December, Sanaullah’s judicial remand was extended by an anti-narcotics court till 4th January 2020. The PLM-N leader’s bail petition has been rejected twice by the court.

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Sanaullah was arrested on 1st July by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in the drug smuggling case for possessing over fifteen kilograms of narcotics. 

ANF claimed that it had seized a large number of drugs in possession of Sanaullah and lodged a case under Section 9(C) of Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997. Both sections carry the death penalty, life imprisonment or a jail-term that may extend to 14 years along with a fine up to Rs.1 million.