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Summary Chief Justice of Pakistan said the law on fake cheques was being misused and adding to corruption.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court led by Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry conducted hearing of a bogus cheque case.Ghulam Murtaza is accused of giving a bogus check worth Rs 1 million.The CJP remarked that the law of bogus cheque was being misused and the trend was promoting corruption.He said that imprisonment of three years might be announced for the criminal involved in bogus cheques, adding that the accused of this case had faced eight month imprisonment, yet his trial could not start.The CJ accepted the bail plea of the accused Ghulam Murtaza and ordered to release him on a surety bond.
