An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday granted interim bail till September 1 to ousted PrimeMinister Imran Khan in a terrorism case registered against him for threatening police, judiciary and other state institutions during a rally in the capital last week.

Judge Raja Jawad AbbasHassan of the anti-terrorism court here granted bail to the chief of the Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) party till September 1 against a surety of Rs100,000. Khan’s bail plea was filed in the court on Thursday prior to his arrival, with the petitioner contending that the terrorism case against him was registered by police as an“act of revenge”.

As there was a possibility of his arrest, Khan’s party had called on supporters to “come out on the streets and then head to Islamabad the next day” if he is taken into custody. Security was tight around the Federal Judicial Complex, where the hearing was held, with police and FrontierCorps personnel deployed.

Khan was booked under section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism).