| LAHORE: A full bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, justices Tasadduq Hussain Jillani and Karamat Nazir Bhindari, on Monday granted bail to a couple and observed that if a non-Muslim embraces Islam his or her previous marriage stands invalid. The bench observed further that if a man and a woman declared themselves as husband and wife in society, the provisions of the (Zina) Hudood law couldn't be applied on them. The chief justice, while taking suo moto notice of the detention of Tanvir Ahmad and Rehana from Kohat, had summoned the record of the case against them. Tanvir was a Hindu before converting to Islam and his name was Tanvir Gill while his wife Rehana was a Christian. Both married after accepting Islam and they had a child. A member from Rehana's family had lodged a Hudood case against them and police arrested them on March 25, 2006 and they were sent to jail with their ten-month-old child. |