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Christian girl blasphemy case: Pak court frees cleric on bail

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Jan 25 2013 | 5:33 AM IST

Khalid Chishti, who planted evidence that was used against the girl Rimsha Masih, was detained on September 1. He was held after his deputy Maulvi Zubair and two other men gave statements that Chishti had framed Masih.

Subsequently, two of the witnesses withdrew their statements and a court accepted Chishti's application for bail. He was freed yesterday on a bond of Rs 200,000.

Masih spent three weeks in jail following her arrest on August 16.

After being freed on bail, she and her family were taken by authorities to an undisclosed location for security reasons.

The girl's case has also been transferred to a juvenile court after a medical board concluded that she was 14 and that her mental development did not correspond with her age.

  

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First Published: Oct 13 2012 | 6:35 PM IST

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