- Farhan Mallick faces a case recorded under PECA.
- Journalist accused of spreading anti-state content.
- Was imprisoned under the judicial custody in this case.
Karachi: A local court approved the request for surety of the journalist Farhan Mallick on Monday on Monday which was in police custody with regard to a case registered under the law on the prevention of electronic crimes (PECA) for having allegedly propagated anti-state content.
The court, granting a liberation under bail to Mallick, ordered him to submit a deposit worth 100,000 rupees.
The journalist, former director of news of a private television channel, was initially placed in police custody by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on March 20 for having pretended to violate PECA and an implication in defamation.
In addition to the PECA affair, the court also approved Mallick’s surety in a case linked to its alleged involvement in the operation of an illegal call center responsible for the flight of data to foreigners and fraud.
The court ordered him to provide a deposit of 100,000 rupees for his surety in this case.
The controversial law of the PECA has been recently modified, and the organizations of journalists across the country protested against the law, on the attempt to gauillon freedom of expression and to intimidate the news and their media.
A FIR was deposited against him under several sections of Peca, read with article 190 of Pakistan Penal Code (punishment of complicity if the law encouraged accordingly and where no express provision is made for his punishment) and 500 (punishment for defamation).
“During the survey, an initial technical analysis of the alleged YouTube channel was received, which revealed that the alleged person was involved in the generation and dissemination of publications and videos related to the anti-state, made up of false news and the public incentive agenda,” said the FIR.
“He has [been] The broadcast and continuous download of publications and videos related to the anti-state consists of false news and an incentive program to the public, thus causing prejudice to the reputation of public institutes on an international level which acts on its part constitutes the commission of the offense. “”
Previously, in this case, a local court rejected its surety advocacy on March 28, which was then disputed in a district and sessions court.
Mallick was sent to prison in pre -trial detention on March 25 after a court rejected the FIA request for prolongation in pre -trial detention.
After the expiration of her four -day pre -trial detention, the FIA presented the main journalist before the judicial magistrate (east), requesting an extension of the pre -trial detention.
However, the court rejected the FIA request for its pre -trial detention and rather sent Mallick to prison in pre -trial detention.
