Another case filed against Karsaz accident accused Natasha

Another case was lodged against Karachi Karsaz incident accused Natasha Danish under the provisions of drug laws on Saturday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The case of drug addiction has been registered on the complaint of the government.

According to text of the case, the accused was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

Text of the case further said samples were taken from accused Natasha's blood and urine.

The report confirmed that Natasha had used ice drug, the text of the case said.

Accused Natasha has been charged under the Drug Propagation Enforcement Act, 1979.

Two days ago, the Sindh High Court had granted protective pre-arrest bail to Natasha’s husband in the Karsaz traffic accident case. The SHC directed the applicant to furnish a solvent surety of Rs50,000 and surrender himself before the trial court till or before Sept 4.

Danish Iqbal, husband of suspect Natasha Danish, through his counsel moved the SHC and asserted that after registration of a case, the female suspect was arrest, but during the course of investigation the applicant had also been named as suspect.

The lawyer contended that police had been raiding the house of the applicant and other places in order to arrest him while prosecution had nothing to connect him with the alleged offence. He also argued that the applicant was the chief executive officer of Gul Ahmed Energy Limited and the Toyota Land Cruiser, which had been used in the accident, was registered in the name of the company.

The counsel sought two-week protective bail to enable the applicant to approach the IO and join the investigation.

After a preliminary hearing, a single-judge bench of SHC headed by Justice Muhammad Saleem Jesser in his order said: “Prima facie, without dilating upon the merits and demertis of the case, applicant Danish Iqbal son of Iqbal Ali Mohammad is hereby granted protective pre-arrest bail in crime No.229/2024, under Sections 320, 337-G, 279, 247 PPC read with Section 322 PPC, registered with PS Bahadurabad, Karachi, for seven days subject to furnishing his solvent surety in the sum of Rs.50,000 and PR bond in the like amount to the satisfaction of Nazir of this court”.

According to the prosecution, Natasha Danish has been accused of recklessly driving Toyota Land Cruiser and killing 60-year-old Imran Arif and his 22-year-old daughter Amna and wounding three others in an accident near Karsaz on August 19.

Initially, the police had registered a case against the female suspect under various provisions of the PPC, which were all bailable offences and later during the course of investigation Section 322 (punishment for qatl-bis-sabab) of the PPC was also incorporated in the FIR, which is a non-bailable section.

The female suspect was arrested on Aug 19 and a couple of days later a local court had sent her to prison on judicial remand and sought investigation report from the IO as required under Section 173 of the criminal procedure code.

Reporter: Anoosha Jafri