Mufti Hanif  Qureshi and Qari Imtiaz Shah, whom the killer had mentioned in his confession, were  given bail by Anti-Terrorist Court  of Rawalpindi.

The court also directed the two suspects, through their counsel Shuja-ur-Rehman, to cooperate with the police in investigations of the case. The counsel for the suspects argued before the court that his clients were not involved in motivating Quadri.

“The FIR did not mention their names as well," Rehman, the counsel for the suspects, pleaded before the court.

He maintained that the two clerics were innocent and complained that they were being harassed by the police. Earlier, the police were denied warrants to arrest the suspects by the court on grounds of incomplete evidence.

It is believed that the investigation team was divided on the actual intentions of the two clerics in motivating Qadri. Some police officials believed the clerics were not directly involved in provoking Qadri into killing governor Taseer. Others thought they were.