Accused gets bail in honour killing case.

PESHAWAR -- A single-member Peshawar High Court bench has granted bail to a man charged with killing two people, including his sister, for honour in Mardan district two years ago.

Justice Roohul Amin Khan accepted the bail petition of the accused, Khan Zaib, on condition of producing two surety bonds of Rs200,000 each.

The honour killing case was registered at the Toru police station in Mardan on Jan 5, 2018.

The woman had claimed in her dying declaration that her armed brother had seen her with a man near their house at night before firing shots at them.

She died of critical injuries afterward.

His sister, man were killed in Mardan area two years ago

Shabbir Hussain Gigyani, lawyer for the petitioner, said except the dying declaration of the woman, no evidence was available on record to connect his client with the offence.

He said the woman's dying declaration was in conflict with the investigation report.

The lawyer said according to the statement in question, the deceased woman had claimed that the accused had fired at them near their house, but the incident's site plan prepared by the investigation officer showed the woman in a room of her house and the deceased outside.

He added that the police hadn't recovered the weapon used for the killing.

The lawyer said the two were killed at night and there was no witness to the killings.

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