Court grants bail to accused in judge video case.

ISLAMABAD -- An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday approved post-arrest bail of an accused in a case pertaining to the video scandal involving former accountability judge Arshad Malik, media reported.

Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan directed Hamza Butt, nephew of Nasir Butt who is the central figure in the video leak controversy, to furnish a surety bond of Rs300,000 to secure his release.

Hamza along with another accused is in Adiala jail on judicial remand.

The cyber crimes court had earlier on Jan 9 transferred the judge video scandal case to the anti-terrorist court (ATC).

Special judge of the cyber crimes court Tahir Mehmood Khan announced the verdict.

The case has been...

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