Mahrang Baloch latest: SHC dismisses state sedition appeal

Dr Mahrang Baloch latest news: the Sindh High Court called the state's appeal non-maintainable because the FIR complainant was a private individual.

The Sindh High Court dismissed the provincial government's appeal against Mahrang Baloch's acquittal in a sedition case on Monday.

The court declared the appeal non-maintainable and questioned why the prosecution appealed when the FIR complainant was a private individual.

Mahrang was booked in October 2024 on terrorism and sedition charges and was later acquitted by a Karachi anti-terrorism court.

She remains in Quetta prison in connection with other cases, and her conviction in a separate Gwadar case is pending before the Balochistan High Court.

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