Five accused in blasphemy case against Sikh youth granted bail

The five individuals who were accused of committing blasphemy against a Sikh youth belonging from Multan, have been granted bail. The Chichwatni Civil Judge presiding over the case was Tahir Manzoor, who heard the case and eventually granted bail to the accused.

The complainant in the case is a Sikh by the name of Mahinder Pall Singh, who lodged an FIR with the Chichawatni city police on Monday. Singh said that he was travelling to Multan from Faisalabad when the incident took place. The bus on which he was travelling broke down and it was travelling at a very slow pace. When the bus stopped at a terminal at Chichawatni, Singh and fellow passengers complained about the slow speed of the bus and asked for a replacement.

Instead of doing something about the complaint, six employees of the transport company started fighting with the passengers and in the process snatched Singh’s turban and threw it on the ground. In Sikh culture, a turban is considered a religious symbol and disgracing it is equivalent to religion sacrilege.

Singh immediately went to the Chichawatni police station and lodged an FIR there. The accused were booked under the section which deals with bailable offences and ‘desecration of a worship place’.

“I am not a worship place but a citizen of Pakistan having Sikh faith and attackers have disgraced one of my religious symbols. So police should have added 295/A which deals with non-bailable offence with maximum penalty of 10-year imprisonment”, Singh said.

Singh also added that he will apply for adding Section 295-A to the FIR and would even move to the court if required.

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