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KARACHI, Jul 10 (APP):The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday granted bail to filmmaker Jamshed Mehmood Raza, famously known as Jami, in a defamation case involving fellow director Sohail Javed.
SHC approved the bail plea against surety bonds worth Rs 50,000 and ordered the authorities to release Jamshed Mehmood.
A session court in Karachi had sentenced Jami to two years in prison on charges of defaming fellow director Sohail Javed. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Syed Waqar Hyder also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict.
Jami challenged his conviction before the SHC in the defamation case on Wednesday.
In his petition, the film director argued that the charges for which he was convicted are bailable offences and that the trial court did not fulfill the required legal procedures before announcing the verdict.
He maintained that the allegations against him are “false and baseless”.
The petitioner urged the SHC to set aside his conviction and declare the lower court’s order null and void.