The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday granted bail to Natasha Danish, the driver booked in the deadly Karsaz accident case last month, in the drug use case. The court directed Natasha to submit Rs1 million surety bonds.
During the proceedings, Natasha’s lawyer Farooq H Naek Advocate informed the court that his client had already been granted bail in the main Karsaz accident case after both sides settled. Naek is a senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and a sitting senator for the party.
During today’s proceedings, the state prosecutor told the court that Natasha was ‘high’ when she was driving her car.
Farooq Naek intervened saying there was an ambiguity in the medical report which said there was no methamphetamine in the blood.
When the court asked the state’s lawyer how much quantity of methamphetamine was gauged in the blood, he said there was no mention of it in the medical report.
Farooq Naek said Natasha has been under psychiatric treatment for years. “She might have been given such a medicine which is mentioned in the medical report,” he added.
SHC’s Justice KK Agha said the settlement between the two sides was a big development. “The accused is a mother of three children and has been in jail for the last one and a half months,” he added.
On August 19, a speeding Toyota Land Cruiser, driven by Natasha, hit three motorcycles and another car before overturning on Karachi’s Karsaz Road.
Sixty-year-old Imran Arif and his 22-year-old daughter Amna were killed in the accident, while three others were wounded. Subsequently, Natasha was booked and arrested.
