HYDERABAD, Jan 7: Justice Zahid Qurban Ali of the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit has rejected the bail application of a man, accused of an honour killing.

The bail application was filed by Gaji Khan, son of Fateh Mohammed Brohi, through Rizwan Ahmed Memon, advocate.

According to the FIR, lodged by brother of the accused, Ghazi Khan, the accused had killed her sister-in-law, Amirzadi, 15, in the name of honour killing as she was first kidnapped and then released following a decision by elders of the community.

Gaji Khan had threatened his relatives that in case Amirzadi was married in his tribe he would kill her and it would be better to marry her in some other tribe.

The complainant stated in FIR that he was sitting in the house when the accused arrived there and fired on Amirzadi, who died on the spot after suffering two bullets on her chest on Aug 21, 2000. The police arrested the accused.

The lawyer argued in the bail application that the accused, along with other members of the house, had gone to the fields of Syed Amjad Hyder Shah when the incident occurred.

He said that the police lodged the FIR on their own and did not record correct facts.

The police said that all the prosecution witnesses would be produced before the magistrate but he alone was produced before the court.

The witnesses moved an application before the magistrate that they intended to give their statement but police were avoiding them.

The lawyer said that the prosecution witnesses including father of deceased filed their affidavits before the court, exonerating the accused of charges.

He pointed out that there was nothing in the case to connect the accused with the incident.

The state counsel, Masood A. Noorani, argued that the bail should not be granted as it was an honour killing case.

The court rejected the application and directed the trial court to record the evidence.

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