Muhammad Asif Vs The State etc

P IiS IIAWIR IIIGII COURT A B ROT-TA I}A I)

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JUDGMENT SIIEI]T'

Cr. A No. 25-A/2022.

Date oJ hearing 14.03.2023.

Pelitioner/s (Muhamntad Asifl by l4s. Sherish I ta bib Dilcrzak, ,4dyocate.

Respondent/s (The Stttte) by Syed Shahid Mehbrnb, lssislant Attorn.ey General and (Sayad Ilussnain Kazmi) by Mr Nctdeem Khan, I dvoca le.

FAZA,I, ST]I}IIAN, .I 'l'his .judgmcnl 1S aimcd to dccidc thc inslant criminal appcal and conncction Cr. Il No. 16-A/2022, filcd ? again s1 c o t1l lI o It judgmcnt passcd Spccial Courl oasc No. 61lltmgl202l ln

datcd: 25.0 1.2021.

2.. ll.rror-rgh inslant crir.r.rinal appcal lilcd undcr scction 4l0 Cr. P.C rcad wilh scction 24-A ol' tl'rc Irmigratit>r.r Ordinancc, i979 (Ordinancc), thc appcllant has praycd fbr sctting asidc thc judgmcnt and ordcr passcd by lcarr.rcd Spccial Court Anti- corruption, Ccntral and lirnigration, Khybcr [)al<httrnkl.rwa, (ialnp (]ourt,

Abbottabad datcd: 25.01.2021, whcrcby, appcllant was conviolcd undcr scction 17 ol limigration Ordinancc, 1919 (Ac1) 1o imprisonmcnt for onc ycar I{1, undcr scction 1t3 lor fivc ycars ILI with finc ol lLs.

5,00,000/- and undcr scction 22, appcllanl was lurthcr convictcd and scntcnoed to imprisonmcnl fbr fivc ycars lll with llnc ol' Its. 5,00,000/-. Appcllant was cxlcndcd bcncfi1 ol-scction 2tJ2-ll Cr.P.C, whcrcas, through criminal rcvision pctition No. I6- Ll2O22, thc complainanl has praycd lor cnhanccmcnl of scntcncc awardcd by thc e Spccial Cor-rrl to thc appcllant.

3.lrarcts o1-thc casc in bricl- arc that tl'rc conrplainanl Sycd I Iasnain Kaz.mi on 24.06.2019 lodgcd a complaint bclorc 1)cpu1y 1)ircctor, Iicdcral Invcstigatiorr Agcr-rcy/ ACC, Circlc/ Sub-Circlc, Abbottabad, to thc c['lccl, that onc N4uhammad Asi 1'son of Ghulam Khan r/o II. No. 8U-lt block-ll Mohallah li.ailway Socicty, Gulis1an Johar, Karachi was introcluccd to him by his brothcr-in-law

Momin Ali Shah, thal Muhamrnad Asif has Qalari cmploymcr.rt visas. Muhammad Asif visitcd Islamabad and assurcd ovcrscas cmploymcnt as (i.M pclrolcum whcrca[lcr, hc rcccivcd I{s. 65,00,000/- lrorn him and Its. 25,00,000/- from his closc fricnds and rclativcs and thc moncy was lranslcrrcd 1ir Acr:ount No. 993301064239 ol Muharnmad Asil ar-rd in thc accounl ol his wifc Ilfal Ghias, bcaring nuntbcr 99330102998125, bu1 ncitl-rcr hc providcd him with thc prorniscd job r-ror has rcturncd his ar n.t o t-u.t t, hcncc, hc filccl complaint to thc lrlA authoritics, Abbottabad. a 4. Allcr rcccipt ol'thc said cornplaint, thc lrIA authorilics iniliatcd inquiry and alicr fincling thc accuscd cotrncctcd with thc olTcr.rccs, thc prcscnt casc No. 0612020 unclcr scctions l ll(b) and 22 (b) of Ordinancc was rcgislcrcd

5 lnvcstigation was carricd out in thc casc. Appcllant was arrcstcd, whilc his wil-c dicl not surrcndcr and rcmaincd abscondcr. A ftcr comPlclion o 1-

invcstigation, IO submittcd complctc challan undcr scction 24 (6) o['Ordir.rancc Initially, scction l7 (b) ol- Ordinancc was not lncntior.rcd in thc casc, which was lalcr- on inscrlccl. lrornralitics ol' scction 2(r-5-C Cr.P.C wcrc complicd wilh on 22.01 .2021 , w.hcrcaftcr, firrrnal chargc was Il'anrcd agair.rst thc appcllanl <>n 02.02.2021 to which thc appcllant did rrot plcad guilty and in ordcr to provc its casc, prosccution cxarnincd its wilncsscs witlr lhc lollowing ltarrat tons: -

6.l'W-l is thc statcmcnl ol- Lull Ali a who clcposcd that tltc accuscd/appcllant rcccivcd Its. i00,000/-, thcn lts. 310,000/- and Ils. 100.000/- on dil'l'crcnt occasions alicr bcing irrtcrvicwcd at Alhc1 IIotcl, llaripLrr, and instcad ol' providing hirr work visa, appcllant providcd him opcn

VISA.

1.I'}W-2 is thc statcnlcnr ol' Walccd Itizr,van. According t<l him, thc appcllant rcccivccl an zlnroLlnl o1'lis. (r.50,000/- liorn hinr on thc prctcxt ol- providing hin.r work

visa. IIc s1a1cd to havc paid Its. 730,000/- to thc accuscd/appcllant on bchall of complainanl. I'}W-3 is Syccl Nasim u,ho slatcd to havc bccn intcrvicwcd a1 A[aq I Iotcl, I Iaripur lirr provisior.r of Qalari visa, whcrc-aftcr, l-rc paid Ils. 400,000/- to Mul.rammad Asif. 'l'hc appcllant instcad ol work visa providcd hirr.r an opct.t visa, whcrc-aftcr, hc wcrrt to Doha but having lto jub, hc rclurncd to l)akistan on I 3.0 r .2019.

8.l'}W-4 is slalcrncnl ol'Sycd Ilasnain Shah, who stalcd that his cor"rsin Sycd Nasin'r Shal'r handcd ovcr to tl'rc appcllanl an amount ot'Iis. 400,000/- in A[ac1 llotcl, I laripur. PW-5 is Mohsin Ali, who slatcd in l.ris statcrncnt thal in his prcscncc thc appcllant, his rvil'c aird son assurccl thctll lor rcturn of I{s. 90,00,000/- 1cl thc complain anl.

g. Muhan-rmad Khalid MaYo, SI, PS is thc invcstigaling officcr of thc casc. Ilc obtair.rcd warrant undcr scction 204 Cr.P'C against appcllant and his wif'c. IIc lormally

arrcstcd thc appcllant viclc arrcst card lrx I'}W-6/tl. oblainccl tu <l davs transit rctnand Iiom .lLrcl iciai Magistratc-ll, Karachi, applicd lor policc cuslody vide application lrx l'W-6/9, which was grantcd by lcarncd Scnior Civil JLrdgc, Abbottabad. IIc again appliccl lor lirrthcr policc custodv, rccordcd statcmcnts ol' I)Ws including wil'c of' cor.nplainant. IIc also collcctcd bank rccurd/s1a1cmcn1s ltx PW-6i 14. lrx IrW- 6/16 and llx I'}W-6/18, obraincd rwo CI)s through scizurc rncr.no I.,x lrW-6/19 and thcn alicr c<tntplclion ol- irrvcstigation, a sr-rbnrittcd thc conrplctc challan lrx PW- (r/2() against thc accuscd.

10.I)W-7 is Muhat'r'rntacl Isnrail and according to hint to hervc bccrr inlcrvicw,cd b1, thc appcllarrt at Afacl Ilotcl, Ilaripr.rr, rvhcrc hc paicl an iulollnt of' Its. 550,000/- Iirr uork visa o['Qatar to IVI r-rharn rr acl Asil, hou'cvcr, whcn hc rcacl'rcd at Qatar, hc found that 1l.rc visa providcd to hint was opcn visa rathcr than wrlrk visn.

I l. I'}W-il is thc statcmcnt ol' complainant Sycd I Iusnain Kazn'ri,who rcitcratcd thc samc lacls as rcportcd thror-rgh his conlplain1.

12.I)W-9 is 'l ahir Khan, who wzls cntrr.rslcd with thc inquiry procccdings a licr transf'cr of' Shalqat .lanral lnspcclor ancl alicr lrnding thc inclr-riry conrplctc irl all rcspcct, l.rc rcgislcrcd lrlR I',x PA. I)W- l0 is thc slatcmcnt o1- Shafqat Jamal A[), lrlA. Ilc contcndcd thal thc inqLrir,v- No 161 119 lr,as urarkcd to him. uhcrc-alicr, hc issucd noticcs to thc accuscd, rccordcd e statcmcllt o['onc Mohsin Ali on bchall'of complainant. llc also rccordcd stalcmcnts of'l)Ws namcly Sajid lqbal, Sycd Nasim arrcl Muhanrn'rad lsnrail. AIicr his translcr.

hc handcd ovcr thc filc to thc Moharir I'S A(lC. Abbotlabad.

I 3. AIicr complclion ol- proscculiorl cvidcncc, slalcmcnt ol acc uscd/appc llant was rccordcd undcr scction 342 Cr.t'}.C and alicr hcaring argumcnts, tl.rc lcarncd trial

(lor-rrt rccordcd convictions ancl scntcnccs to thc appcllarrt as rclcrrcd to abovc.

14.Argurrcnls hcard and rccord pc rrrs ccl.

15.l]clorc dilating upon mcrits of' thc casc. it sccnrs bcncllcial to considcr whcthcr any ollcncc undcr scction l7ll8 rcacl with scction 22 o1'thc Act is bcine rnadc out against thc appcllant. Iror that purposc scctions 17, lit and 22 arc rcproduccd hcrcin bclow: -

Secliott 17. UnlowJul emigrdion, elt.- (I ) W'hoavcr. erccpl in tonfitrntity vilh the ltrottision:' o/ this Ortlinuncc untl rulas, a cntigralc.t or dalturl.s or ull(ntpt.\' lo atnigt ute or lepart .shull be lsttni.shable vith inpri:;onmenl fitr o ternt u'ltich muy a.rtend trt fiv yaur.s ttt rith.fina or tritlt hoth.

(2)Whoavtr, except in confbrntill'tt,ilh lha 1t'rtri.titttt.t ttf Ihi.t ( )nIittuttta rtr Iht, rtrIc.s..-

(Lt)naka.\, or utlatn!)lr' lo ntukc. un1.' ugreemenl t'ilh on1, perr'on purporlin!< lo hinl thut ltt't.u,n. ot . tut) rtthtr lr-'t.vtn ttt (migrult or tlclxrt t. or l'.ntigt ulion t )r'Jin,rtt,.t lt)-o llt tl,) ,Lrrr"i' r// .r.\.\'l\/.\.

or ull(ntl)1,\ lo cdlt,\t or us.\isl. un)'parson lo emigt ulc or tle purt or lo ullampl lo cntigrula or deporl rtr to leuvt ttttt l uca L)t tltt l,ttrl\t.\t ,tl (ttti,!t (tli11! t,r (leporlin!. or (c) cutt.tr:.v ut1). per.\on crtgogal. u.r.si.:lctl rtr recrtitel bt hint

dfier grunl of th! licenLc re.fbrreLl to it1 .\(t,l 'n I:. lo tlL,l)(ut vitltrtttl ttltlttttt ittI he/bre thr: l'roleclor o/ lintigrunls' u.s requirctl hy scctiotl /i. sfurll ba ltunisltublt:- (i) ./bt u /it'.st o//atttc. v itlt intprisonntcnt .fbr u tarm tlticlt ntul' cxtendcd to fiv yeur.:, or vilh finc, ot' v illt bolh.. dnd lii) fitr u .tctontl ttr .\ l lt.\rtllr tl l rt//tntr'ttitlt intlu it,tt tttttt li,t u lcrnr y hich mu)) exltnLl to .\cre n tcut .\. or trilh fina. or y,ilh hot11.

(3)Il'hcn. in tlr cour.;t of .tnr proLctding in conntclion rilh ctnigt ttlirtrt in vhiclt un ()t,er.sttt.s l,ntplol,n't2111 l)rottotct l.i tonttrnal. u hrauL'lt of lht 1tt'ot'i.sion.; o/ thi.r Ortlinuncc ttt' ttf thc rtrlc.: i,s tommitte tl, :uch yter.stsn .:hull ha liuhla to thc ptltishntcrtt provided ht .tub-saction /)1. uttlt.s.s ltt' :ttt.s not t.t.s:1xtn.;ihlc.futr ut tt)ltlJ tlt)t lt,r', lutttnl,,l llh . t t ,t tttI i \ \ it

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Section 18. I"raudulantl.t, inducittg to e nt i grale, clc. - I'L'ho tY t'..

/u1 lbrgc,s trtt.,- tktcLrttrt'ttl rtquircd.for, rtt' rclaling t0. lhc enigruli)n of ony par.ton. or hu.s itt lti.t' Sxt.t.sc.s.titttt ttr ttttlar hi.s utntrol utt.t itl.\lrumanl or orticla tltitlt ntuy be trsatl fbr lht lnrrlns'c of .\tk:11 firgat l'. or

(b1 by nrcons ol inloxicution. coart'ion, fi'uud or will/ul n isrepra.\c nlolion, c.tu.\es or intlucas. or ullaml)1.\ lo Luu.\'c rtr intltrcc, (ny par.\ot1 lo elnigt'ule, ot'cnlcr inlo unt' d,gretDl(nl lo c ti!t ulc. r ltt^ t' tttt.t littt'c tith u vicy, lo amigrutinB. sltull be punisltuhla villt inrprisortnttnt fbr u tarm. tt hich nul, cxtcnd lo .fburlcan )eut .\'. or tt itlt fint, rtr tritlt hrth.

Section 22. Rct'civittg trutney, elc.,.for provid i n g./brei gn c nt ploJ) nlc tt t - Il'hoctl:t. lbr prrtritling or :;aturing. or on lhc pretcxl o/ providi.ng or sacuring, lo or fi,t' Lttt.l lr.'r\)11 (tttlrltt.ttn(nt itt Ltny tttttttttl heyond thc limit.:'ol l)ukistu n.

Iu) hcittg ut1 Ovrsau.s linrltlovntnt l't'onlotct. chargas uny .fbe in udditiott lo lha prc:;trihcd omo nt. or

(b)not haing sutlt u l)ronuttcr. tlentunds or rttait't,.;. ot' ullatnpt,\ lo te ceita. fitr himsel.f or .for unl otltcr pcr.;on. unr nnncy ot' olher wrluuble thing. shull ha ? ltuni.shuhle t: ith intprisonntant fbr t!rm. which nxts, exland to fiturtacn !!ur.\. ot' f ilh /ine , or vith hoth.

16.I:rom thc ahovc fr()visi()n. it is abundantly clcar that any pcrson who clrigratc or dcpart or at1cnlp1 to cntigratc or dcpart or callscs or assist or attcmpts 1() causc or assist any pcrson to cmigralc or dcpart, in contravcr.rtion of this Act, is to bc punishcd undcr scctiorl 1l (2) (b)(c) ol-1hc Ordinancc. Similarly, scction ltt ol Ordinancc abovc providcs pLurishnrcnl,

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wl.rich n.ray cxtcnd to 14 ycars, lor oI'fcncc of- lraudulcnt induccmcnt to cmigratc. Scction 22 o1'thc Ac1 rclalcs to thc ollcncc lor providing or sccuring or on thc prctcxt ol' providing or sccuring to or lor any pcrson cmploymcrrt abroad, bcing ovcrscas promotor or non-prolrotor, who rcccivc or atlcmpt to rcccivc ctc shall bc punishcd to imprisontncnt which may cxtcnd to lirr-rrtccn vcars or w'ith llnc or with both.

17.ln thc prcsct'tt cilsc, prosccr-rtioll has produccd ovcrwhclming cvidcncc ol' thc pcrsons who arc dirccl cff'cctccs of thc falsc prclcxt of providing cn-iigration and .lob a1 l)oha Qatar. Complainant Sycd Kazirn Ali Shah lccorclcd l-ris dctailcd statcmcnl and hc was oll'crcd thc job of G.M pctrolcum Qatar, and in licu thcrco[, thc appcllanl zrnci his ivif'c had rcccivcd lotarl amount o1'l{s. 65,00,000/- liorr hirr Sirnilarly, othcr privatc witt.tcsscs wcrc also clcccivcd and dcprivcd of thcir moncy on thc prctcxl o1- work visas but thcy wcrc providcd opcn visas. Sycd Lutf Ali Shah

r/o Ilaripur, IS among thosc pcrsor.rs, 1o whorn thc appcllant promiscd to providc work visa and lor thal considcralion. tl-rc appcllant rcccivcd liom him I{s. 300,000/-, ILs. 3 10,000/- and lis. I,00,000/- at dillcrcnt occasions. Walccd I{izwan son ol Mushtacl Ahmcd was also promiscd by thc appcllant lor providirrg hi:'n vlorl< visa lttr thc post ol I'}ublic Adr.ninistrator in Qatar and rcccivcd hanclsomc amount. Sycd Nasitn son of Mazoot' Ilussairl rcsidcnt of' Villagc Kamil Pur, I{chana, 'l'chsi[ & I)islrict, Ilaripur was also dcprivcd bi' thc appcllarrt lrotn an zlmolrnl ot'Il.s. 4,00,000/- q on thc samc prctcxl. A I I thcsc afl'cclccs inoluding complainant arc rcsidcnts of I)istrict I[aripur, whilc thc appcllant IS rcsidcr-tt o1- Karachi, who camc fron't Karachi 1o Dislrict Ilaripur at Alfaq Ilotcl and conductcd intcrvicws of said pcrsons.

'I'hus, thc complainant ancl olhcr privatc witncsscs/c ff-cctccs havc spccifically nor.ninatccl thc appcllant lirr thc o f['crlccs chargcd for.

I 8. Aparl fi'om thc abovc oral cvidcncc ol' cl'l-cclccs., to provc thc vcrsion of r:onrplainant party, I'W-(r Mrrhanrmad Khalicl Mayo Sl/l'S,, lrln, invcstigaling ol'liccr, has brougl.rt on rccord sulllcicnt ruralcrial in shapc documcntary cvidcncc, particr.rlarly lrx I'}W-6/14, I;x I)W-6/16 ar.rd Irx I'W-(r/18. It is provccl <ltt rccord that thc appcllant opcralc accoLlnt No. (r27873- 99-110102061239. his uilc Illat (ihias opcriitcs account No. 993i0102998125, ancl lionr tirnc to tit'ttc at-nottt-tts wcrc scnt 1o thcsc accounts liom tltc accounts ol Sr-rrrra Zalar, wi [c o1'coutplainanl holding ? account No. 0002 142tt0582. I:x I'}W-6/16 consists ol- numbcr o1' clcposit slips ol' lVlcczan Ilank,'"vhich clcarll' clcpicls that wilc ol' oomplainant Sumra Zaf ar as wcll as othcr cfl'cclccs havc dcpositcd millions ol' rupccs in thc acctlurtts o['appcllant and his wil-c. Likcwisc, thc l:x l)W-6/18 also rcvcals thc payrncr.rts ol' clil'lcrcnt auoltnts throLrgh Wcslcrn IJnion l f avor of appcllant by thc wilc ol' complainant'

S irr ilarly, complair.rant Syccl Ilasnain I(azrni also scnd I{s. 2,00,000/- and Rs.

1,00,000/- in thc acoount ol appcllanl through dirccl dcposits from thc Mcczan llank (1.'l' Iloacl, Ilaripur vidc llx PW-6/16 and duly rcccivcd ir.r tl-rc account ol' appcllant. 'l'hcsc arc undcniabic docunrcntary prool, which r'vcrc obtaincd through pl'opcr channcl and brought on rccord during invcstigatior.r by thc invcstigaling olficcr, which could r-rot bc sl.rattcrcd by thc appcllarrt.

19.Complaint was filcd bcforc l:cdcral Invcstigation Agcncy on [s1 Junc, 2019, a but dcspitc issuancc o1- surnmons, thc appcllant did no1 joincd inquiry, and cvcn alicr rcgistratiort o1' casc, thc appcllant rcrnaincd abscondcr for uncxplaincd long tirnc. Sirnilarly, his wi{'c is still absconding, r,rho has bcct.t dcclarcd proclaimcd ollcndcr by 1l.rc compctcnt Cor-rrt of law.

20.Not or.rly thc appcllant is chargcd irr tl-rc prcscnt casc bul ar.rothcr criu inal

casc has also bccn rcgistcrcd againsl him at Karachi viclc I'lR No. 3Ol datccl:

30.04.2020 undcr soction 4ll9-lr PPC at Police Station, Sharc lraisal, whcrcin, the complainanl narraled thal appcllant had rcccivcd Its. 6,60,000/- lrom him in ordcr to scnd his son to Qatar on work visa but failcd to do so and on dcnrand lbr rcturn o{- said amount, thc appcllanl issucd 1wo chcqucs of Ilank Al-Mcczan,(iulshin-c- Jauhar, Karachi, which wcrc dishonorcd on thcir prcscntalion.

20.Morc-so, thc complainant party bclongs to ilaripur, whilc thc appcllant and absoonding accuscd arc rcsidcr.rts o1 Karaohi, thorcforc, no qucstion of ill-will on thc part of cotnplainant party or lalsc implication of appcllant and his wilc ariscs in thc casc. It is argLrcd by lcarncd counscl Ibr appcllant that thc proscctttion has ntlt produccd Ms1. Sumra 7,a1'ar, whosc accounl was uscd lor translcr of amounts, and prcsurnption undcr Articlc 129 (g) of Qanoon-c-Shahadal Oldcr, 19U4, woLrld

arisc in {irvour o1' appcllant, howcvcr, cxccpl thc lact thal moncy was translcrrcd through hcr accounl, shc did nothing in tho casc. Morc-so, hcr hlrsband has appcarcd and has fully cndorscd tl.rc scnding o1' amounls l'rom hcr account. It is worth mcntioning that rccord l'lx PW-6/18 was brought on rccord withoul objcction, hcncc, lransactions madc lrom accounl of Ms1. Surlra /,afar havc gonc unrcbuttcd, hcncc, thc objcction of hcr non- cxar.r.rination a1 this stagc, whcn no objcction was raiscd at thc timc of cxhibition ol such documcnts is no1 latal to a 1l.rc prcscnl casc, cspccially, whcn cornpIainar.rt has appcarcd and asscrtcd transactions by hirn dircctly irTto 1l.rc accoLlnt o I' appcl lant tl.rrough dcposit sl ips.

21 . 'l'horough and carcl'ul cxar.r.rination ol thc cvidcncc on rccord shows that thc prosccution has succcsslully provcd its C'1SC against 1hc appcllant bcYond anY shadow ol doubt tl.rrough rcliablc and convincing oral as wcll as documcntary

cvidcncc and thcrc Iorc, thc convictions and scntcnccs rccoldcd bv lcarncd trial court/Spccial JLrdgc Court limigration, KP, I)cshawar/Carnp Court, Abbotlabad arc bascd on propcr apprcciatiorr of thc cvidcncc on rccord, which cannot bc rcvcrscd or allcrcd, u'l.rich arc hcrcbl' maintaincd. At thc sarnc tin'rc, thc quantulll ol'scntcncc is in linc with thc chargc ancl nccd no to bc cnhallccd.

22.lror what has bccn disctrsscd abovc, tlris appcal alongwith Cr. lt No. l6-L12022 arc hcrcbv dismisscd, accorclirrgll'.

A tr no unced.

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JUDGE