LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed the prosecution to submit its comments on the bail petition of a man, identified as Abdul Majeed, who is accused of mutilating a woman's body to practise black magic.

A two-member bench of the LHC headed by Justice Abdul Sami adjourned the next hearing of the case until September 17.

A bail petition for Abdul Majeed was filed in the LHC today. Majeed, a resident of Gujrat, is accused of removing the body of a woman, which he had found near the bank of a canal earlier this year, and beheading her so he could perform black magic.

Majeed was charged under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) by the area police.

The counsel for the defendant had argued that Majeed should be granted bail as the case was not maintainable under terrorism clauses.

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