KARACHI: A district and sessions court in Karachi on Thursday acquitted Natasha Danish, the wife of a prominent businessman, in the case filed over the Karsaz Road accident in August, which claimed the lives of father and daughter.
The court acquitted Natasha after a compromise pact between the parties was submitted in court. The family of the victims pardoned her in the case.
On August 19, a road accident happened on Karachi’s Karsaz Road where a speeding Toyota Land Cruiser hit a motorcycle before plunging onto the service road. As a result, 60-year-old Imran Arif and his 22-year-old daughter Amna died on the spot, while four persons sustained serious injuries.
The driver, who belonged to a business family in Karachi, was arrested soon after the incident and booked for manslaughter charges.
Speaking to reporters, Danish’s lawyer Advocate Amir Mansoob Qureshi said, “The court has accepted the compromise application and acquitted Natasha from this case.”
The suspect was not present during the hearing today.
Earlier, on September 6, Natasha Danish secured bail in the murder case by a sessions court.
Sindh High Court (SHC) on September 30 granted bail to Natash in a drug-related case against surety bonds worth Rs1 million after her bail pleas in a separate drug case were dismissed twice by the lower courts.