SHC approves Karsaz accident suspect bail in drug case

Stressing the need for further inquiry, the Sindh High Court on Monday granted bail to the female driver arrested in Karsaz road accident in a drug case against surety bonds worth Rs1 million.

On August 19, a young woman and an elderly man were killed when the suspect’s luxury vehicle crashed into multiple vehicles near the Pakistan Maritime Museum in Karachi. Those killed in the accident were identified as daughter and father, 26-year-old Aamna Arif and 60-year-old Imran Arif.

According to law enforcement officials, the woman who caused the accident received an injury on her head and her CT scan was conducted at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).

The suspect was granted bail in the murder case earlier this month after the victims’ family pardoned her.

However, another case was lodged against the suspect after Methamphetamine, aka crystal meth, was found in her blood and urine samples.

In the detailed verdict, the SHC bench stated: “Even otherwise a glance at the chemical report reveals that the applicant’s blood sample found no narcotic, sedative, psychoactive toxic or any other foreign compound/element in the given sample. The urine sample given by the applicant found that Methamphetamine (Ice) i.e. narcotic was detected the sample, hence there appears to be contradiction between the two reports (blood and urine) which makes this a case of further inquiry.”

It further said that the suspect is a “lady and has three children all of whom are school going out of whom one is a young female and as such they need the support of their mother who has already been in jail for the last 6 weeks”.