A local court in Quetta on Tuesday rejected an application filed by Gazeen Marri, the son of late Baloch leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, seeking a production order ahead of a bail before arrest hearing related to the murder case of a senior judge of the Balochistan High Court.
Justice Nawaz Marri, the senior judge of Balochistan High Court, was killed in an attack on January 7, 2000, in Zarghoon road area of Quetta. Gazeen Marri, Hyrbayar Marri and others were nominated in the murder case.
During the hearing, Advocate Arbab Tahir, the counsel for Gazeen, pleaded before the court to grant a production order to his client for October 5.
Earlier, the advocate had filed an application, on behalf of his client, before the same court seeking bail before arrest in the judge’s murder case.
However, the request had been rejected as a district and sessions court judge, Rashid Mehmood, sought a production order.
Last week, after an anti-terrorism court in Sibi granted bail to Gazeen, Quetta district administration detained him under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).
Marri was shifted to district jail Quetta amid tight security under the MPO.
Section 3 of the MPO states: “The government if satisfied that with a view to preventing any person from acting in any manner prejudicial to public safety or the maintenance of public order, may by an order in writing directly his arrest and detention.”
In September, Gazeen was arrested by the police upon his arrival in Quetta after 18-years of self-imposed exile in Dubai. On Sept 23, he was remanded to Levies custody for five days.
On September 25, Justice Mehmood had granted interim bail to Gazeen against a surety of Rs1 million in the murder case.