PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Friday dismissed bail petition of a suspected terrorist arrested on the charge of facilitating the suicide bombing of Madrassa Arif Hussain Al-Hussaini, Peshawar, which left 14 people dead more than two years ago.

Justice Asadullah Khan Chamkani of a single-member bench observed that the petitioner, Fazal Mohammad alias Dadullah, didn’t deserve to be given the concession of bail keeping in view the available evidence on record.

The bombing had taken place just ahead of Friday prayers at the madrassa situated in Chamkani area on June 21, 2013.

Its FIR was registered at the Chamkani police station under sections 302, 324, 427 of Pakistan Penal Code, Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act and sections 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substance Act.

The lawyer for the state said the petitioner had confessed to the crime before the police and a joint investigation team.

He said the JIT report and the petitioner’s confessional statement clearly proved his involvement in the commission of the offence.

The lawyer said in the statement, the petitioner, who failed from Tirah area in Khyber Agency and lived in Chamkani when the incident took place, had also admitted that he had remained associated with different terrorist outfits, including Bara-based Lashkar-i-Islam.

He said in the statement, the petitioner had claimed that the suicide bomber, Saifullah, was brought to him by the commander of a banned outfit.

“The petitioner had stated that he was told by the said commander that the bomber would be used for bombing Madrassa Arif Hussain Al-Hussaini, a Shia seminary.

“The petitioner had further told interrogators that the bomber had remained at his residence and later on a member of the said terrorist outfit came on motorcycle and took away the suicide bomber, who later blew himself at the said seminary.”

The lawyer for the petitioner said his client was falsely implicated in the case. He said there was no legal importance of the statement purportedly given by his client to the local police, as the same could not be corroborated with any other evidence.

Published in Dawn September 12th, 2015

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