{"id":2024,"date":"2026-04-06T04:42:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/imran-khan-serious-defects-in-trial-courts-toshakhana-case-judgment-against-imran-khan-observes-chief-justice-of-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T04:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:12:53","slug":"imran-khan-serious-defects-in-trial-courts-toshakhana-case-judgment-against-imran-khan-observes-chief-justice-of-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/imran-khan-serious-defects-in-trial-courts-toshakhana-case-judgment-against-imran-khan-observes-chief-justice-of-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan: Serious defects in trial court&#8217;s Toshakhana case judgment against Imran Khan, observes Chief Justice of Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-102996573,imgsize-47402.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#8217;s Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday observed that there were prima facie &#8220;shortcomings&#8221; in the <!-- -->trial court<!-- -->\u2019s <!-- -->judgment<!-- --> in the Toshakhana corruption case against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/imran-khan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Imran Khan<\/a> and said that the Supreme Court would wait for the Islamabad High Court\u2019s order on the former premier&#8217;s appeal against his conviction and the three-year sentence before interfering in the case.<br \/>The chief justice&#8217;s observation came as a three-judge special bench of the Supreme Court (SC) headed by him and comprising Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail heard the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief&#8217;s pleas filed against the trial court&#8217;s proceedings of the Toshakhana corruption case.<br \/>On August 5, a trial court in Islamabad found Khan guilty of \u201ccorrupt practices\u201d in a case pertaining to concealing details of state gifts and sentenced him to three years in prison. 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