Additional District and Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka has acquitted Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi in the ‘nikkah during iddat’ case, annulling their indictment. The court has ordered their immediate release, provided they are not arrested in other cases, by accepting their pleas.

The court also dismissed Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi’s pleas against the indictment in the case. Judge Afzal Majoka announced the reserved verdict on the plea filed by the couple against their sentence in the illegal marriage case in Islamabad’s district court.

Khawar Maneka’s counsel Advocate Zahid Asif, along with Imran Khan’s counsel Imran Sabir, Murtaza Tori, and Zahid Dar, appeared before the court.

Previously, District and Sessions Judge Shahrukh Arjumand requested the Islamabad High Court to transfer the case to another judge due to a lack of trust expressed by petitioner Khawar Maneka.

It is noteworthy that PTI founder Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi were indicted on February 3 by Senior Civil Judge Qudratullah, who sentenced them to seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 PKR each in the ‘nikkah during iddat’ case.