Source: tribune.com.pk

LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has postponed a man’s trial for alleged blasphemy and sent him to the Punjab Institute of Mental Health for treatment.

Judge Syed Imran Ali based the decision on a medical board’s opinion that the defendant is a schizophrenic and not fit to stand trial. The defendant allegedly sent text messages to people containing derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

The defence counsel had filed an application, along with a report of the Punjab Institute of Mental Health Sciences, seeking the postponement of the trial and release of his client on grounds of insanity.

The counsel for the complainant had also filed an application, objecting to the medical report on the grounds that it had no official authority. The court had then set up a medical board to assess the mental state of the accused.

Advocate Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry, the complainant’s counsel, also objected to this report, saying… continue reading at  tribune.com.pk