Khalid Ranjha, counsel for former president Pervez Musharraf, on Monday told the special court that in case an army man breaches the constitution then the Army Act is applied to him.
The three-member bench, headed by Justice Faisal Arab and comprising of Justice Tahira Safdar and Justice Yawar Ali, resumed hearing of high treason case against Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the constitution during which Ranjha presented his arguments.
Earlier, during the hearing, Chief Prosecutor Akram Sheikh alleged that Rana Ijaz, one of Musharraf’s lawyers, tried to attack him after a verbal argument.
Justice Arab intervened and said that the altercation would be decided after a review of CCTV footage and instructed Ranjha to present his arguments.
During the course of proceedings, Khalid Ranjha said that Musharraf’s application for transfer of case to an army tribunal should not be considered as Musharraf’s confession.
On this Justice Faisal Arab remarked that the court reviewed the case carefully even if an accused confessed his crime.
Ranjha said that an army man’s trial is always conducted in army tribunal, even after his retirement and the special court proceedings against Musharraf were without legal jurisdiction.
He said that there were articles of high treason in the Army Act and Musharraf could not be tried in any civilian court in its presence.
The court adjourned the hearing until Tuesday (today).
