LAHORE: A district and sessions court on Saturday granted bail to a Class IV student in a double murder case registered by Manga Mandi police.

A lawyer told the court that police lodged a fake first information report against Zain and others on charges of killing Chaudhry Iqbal and Liaquat.

He said Zain was a minor and a student of Class IV. He asked the court to grant pre-arrest bail to the boy.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Afzal Ahmad Shah granted bail to Zain till Nov 14.

Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2016

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