The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday granted Natasha Danish, the driver involved in the Karsaz road accident, bail in a drug-related case with surety bonds set at Rs1 million.
On August 19, Danish was driving a speeding Toyota Land Cruiser that collided with three motorcycles and another car on Karsaz Road. The accident resulted in the deaths of 60-year-old Imran Arif and his 22-year-old daughter Amna and injured three others. Subsequently, Danish was arrested and faced manslaughter charges.
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Previously, Danish was granted bail in the manslaughter case after the victims’ family pardoned her without demanding blood money. However, both a judicial magistrate and a sessions court previously denied her bail applications in the drug case.
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Following these rejections, Danish’s legal team appealed to the SHC. The police had submitted a charge sheet against her to a judicial magistrate the day before the bail hearing.
During the hearing, Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha reviewed arguments from both sides before approving Danish’s post-arrest bail. Farooq H.
The public prosecutor contended that Danish was under the influence of drugs during the accident. In contrast, Senator Naek disputed this, pointing out that the medical report’s findings were inconclusive as methamphetamine was detected in the urine, not in the blood.
The court asked about the quantity of methamphetamine in the urine sample, to which the state counsel responded that the medical report did not specify the amount. Danish’s lawyer suggested that the presence of the drug in the urine could be related to her psychiatric medication, which might have influenced the medical report findings.
