Earlier the counsel of Rana Sanaullah argued that the petitioner was implicated in a false case on political grounds as he had been a strong critic of the government. He said the FIR was registered with a considerable delay while the CCTV footage recovered from Punjab Safe City Authority contradicted the story of the prosecution. The counsel said the petitioner, before his arrest, had frequently expressed apprehensions of his arrest on different television programs. He presented some news clippings and columns published in different newspapers regarding apprehensions about the arrest of the petitioner. He said no video of the petitioner's arrest had been so far produced by the prosecution before the trial court.

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