LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Saturday granted post-arrest bail to a man accused of assaulting a woman riding a scooty.

Mozang police presented the suspect before the court and requested to send him to jail on judicial remand.

The police said physical custody of the suspect, Ghulam Mustafa, was not required in the case. However, the magistrate ordered the release of the suspect on bail against surety bonds of Rs100,000. The magistrate directed the police to release the suspect, if he was not required in any other criminal case.

Police had arrested the suspect after a CCTV footage of the incident sparked widespread public outrage on social media.

Published in Dawn, October 25th, 2026