Noor Ur Rehman Vs The State

JUDGMENT SHEI''I'

PIIS}I AWAIT HI(; H COU R.'I' , A Iltio'r'1'A BA r) tlI.lN c I I

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(l r. M isc. l].A.No.574-Al20 I li

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l)ute of heur ing 29 10 )t)t8

l)at itiont:r l.: ) (Noor llehntun etc) b.\) llt Ziu-ur llchman Kltun. t'ltlvocute.........

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SYED MT]IIAMMAI) A'I"I'I I.]I, SIIAII .I

A cc u scd-pctilioncrs, Noor Ilchman, A lisar Muhamn.rad Khan and Sycd Nazakat Ilussain Shah wcrc grantcd ad-intcrirn plc-arrcst bail by this (lourt in casc Irllt No.92 datcd 16.03.20 l8 unclcr scctions 180/-14 ol- l)akistan I)cnal Codc, 1860 rcgistcrcd al ['o]icc Station I]attagram, vidc ordcr datcd

I 9.07.201 8.

2 l'hc allcgations agairrsl thc

acc uscd/pctilioncrs in this casc arc that thcy had conlrnittcd tircli in thc olllcc o['complainant and tool< arval l.Jotar-v llcgislcr lying thcrcin' on 1i.03.20lU at unknor,rrn tinrc.

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'3. Lcarncd counscl lilr thc pctitior-rcrs vchcn-rcntly argucd thal pctitioncr No. I Noor ur [{chman is a poor pcrson and '()howkiclar' in a [)rirnary school, whcrcas, complainant is an aclvocatc ol' lli-qh Coult and carlicr on his bchcst a l'alsc casc undcr scction 489-lr PPC was rcgistcrcd against thc pctitioncr, whcrcin, his bail bclorc arrcst was con{lnncd by thc lcarncd lowcr Cor-rr-t. Subscqucntly thc prcscnt casc was rcgistcrcd by thc complainant against thc pclitioncr with malalldc intcntion ancl ultcrior motivc to dcprivc thc pctitioncr' {ionr his salary as thc pctitioncr No.1 and cotnplainant wcrc having a joint account and cntirc amounl is bcing drawn by thc con-rplainant and whcn thc pctitioncr dci.nandcd lhc samc hc lalscly chaLgcd him in thc prcscnt casc; thc complainanl is crcating hurdlcs by n.risusing his prolcssional status lbr thc pctitioncr in gctting .iusticc, which is vcry much obvious fitrn thc Oourt procccdings availablc on rccord o l'thc casc.

On thc othcr hand' lcarncd counscl lbr thc rcspondcnt controvcrtcd thc asscrtions o1' thc lcarnccl counscl lirr thc pctitioncrs ancl also challcnl',cd thc vcr1, traintainability of prcscnt bail bclbrc arrcst bc lbrc th is Court.

) Argunrcnts ol'tlrc lcarnccl corrnscl lirr thc ac c r.rscd/pctition crs and lcarncd Assistant A(i assistctl by' lcarrrccl counscl lirr thc cornplainanl. hcarcl ancl rccord pcruscd with thcir ablc assislancc.

4 llclirrc dilating Lrpon thc nrcrrts ol'thc casc, this (lor.rlt wor-rld likc t<l addrcss thc cltrcstion ol' .juriscliction in thc Ilaltct' ol'bail bclot'c art'cst ancl itr this rcgard woLrlcl likc kr rclcr to thc.itrtlgnrcnt ol' august Apcx Courl in Muhammad Arshad's casc (l'l,l) 2009 Suprcmc Court 421), rvhcrcin, it has bccn obscrvcd that:

'' ll tvtts perhups Jitr tha ./irst linrc itt Decemhe r, 1948 thut b.y intarptcling lhc k ter pnrt of. section 498 d the ('oda ol (rintinal l'rocedure in Ilitluyrt llllnh Khun's ( tse (l'l,D 1949 l-ah.2l- AIR 1949 I'nh. 77), llte powcr vcstitrg in lhe high Courls anrl lht Courls ol session to u nit persotts lo huil he/bre lhal cttultl be urrcsled, rto\ a ulhorilutivcll, discovercl h.l'a l"ull llenth ol the Luhort tligh Court. ('ornclius J. (,1s hL lhan wus) cpitomiz.ed lhc suirl pox'er tnrl ils bo rt n I s i n I h c ./it I I otlitt g xtt rd s : - "t,ir tht reustttts givan ubot,t:, lhe rapb which I rxtukl git'e lo tltt qur!;littn rtJi'rrul l0 tt.\ i.\ thul, in a proper cas(, lhe lliglr (iturl hns pott'ct unler su litttt 498, Criminal I'rrtctlurc Colc, lo nrukc un ordet lhtl tt Pcrsott who is suspecled o/ un olfbnt't ./itr x'hich he ttru-l' bt orrcst(i b.r u t\tlice OlJircr or u ('ourt, shu!l ba arlmitled lo buil. 'I'hc t:xercise of' this Prtwcr shoukl, howaver, he utttlinctl t0 uISe.\ irt ,l'hit h ttttl onl-t' ir gttol prinrt firtia gntutrl ttrrulc rtttt ./it lhr: grunl ol hoil in rcspacl rt/ lhc ollcntr olleged, h t ulso it { shoul ba shtttun thul i/ lltt:

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pelitiqnet weru lo he rresled onrl re/used hail, suclr ut onler tuottlrl, in ull prohability, bc mudc rutl Jrom motives of ./ rthering tht end: ol justice in ralotion l0 llte ttse, hul ./ntnt sonte ulterior mltive, nd wilh lhe object of injuring the petitioner, or thut the petitioner tvould in such 0n eventuulit,l:

s u/fer ir re ptrahl e h a rm. "

'l'hus, in vicw o1'thc abovc, this Courr has thc powcrs

to cntcrlain and admit pq$ens lo_hail bc!-brc ancs1.

within thc contcmplation of scclion 498 Cr.p.C, cspccially whcrc rcasonablc grounds cxist, as highlightcd in thc abovc rcl'crrcd casc, sllch as, good prirna lacic casc, malafidc, ullcrior motivcs, apprchcnsion o1' arrcst and mal trcatmcnl by thc invcstigating agcncy or any othcr car-rsc wltich rvrll cvcntllally C ALI SC humiliation. ilrcparablc los s antl harrl 1o an accuscd pcrson

5 I)crusal of rccord would rcvcal that thc cornplainanl in his llrst applicalion sLrbrnittcci to thc SIIO has chargcd Alsar Muhaurnad Khan ( acc uscd/pctitioncr), onc Khali liokhan, his brothcr and Nazakat llussain Shah, Inchargc Itccord I{oom t).C. Olllcc Ilattagram ( accuscd/pctitioncr) lirr cor.nmitting thcli ol'Notary Ilcgislcr fion.r thc ol1icc ol' cornplainant, who is an advocatc by prolcssion. 'l'hc said application was cnlcrcd ar 'lllocld No. li clatcd

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15.03.201U.'l'hcrcallcr', hc submit.tcd anotl.rcr' application, which was cntcrcd al'Madd'No. 15 datcd 15.03.20,l8 in which hc chargcd accr-rscd/pctitioncrs Noor-ur-llchrnan, Alsar Muhammacl Khan and Sycd Nazal<at Ilussain Shah lbr thc con-rmission o1' thc o I I'cncc by cxoncraling his brothcr Khali ltokhan.

Latcr, thc complainanl submittcd anotlrcr application, which was cntcrcd aL'Madd'No.l9 darccl 15.03.201ti.

whcrcin, hc sought action againsl Inchargc I{ccord lloorn, I).C. ()1ficc, Ilattagram, Sycd Nazakat I Iussain Shah, acc uscd/pctitioncr. 'l'hc local policc cluring incluiry undcr scclion 156(3) Cr.l'.C placcd copy ol'an application datcd 13.03.2018 submittcd by thc accuscd/pclitioncr, Noor ur Ilchman, to thc lcarncd Aclditional Scssions Judgc, Ilattagratl in casc litlccl 'Noor ur llehntan v:;. The Slale', sccl<ing summonitlg o 1- Notary I{cgislcr through Inchargc ILccord l{oorr.r, I)cputy Cornmissioncrs Olficc, Ilatlagram lirr cvidcr.rcc in thc titlcd casc, which was llxcd lirr 14.03.20 I8. 'l'hc said rcgistcr was brought by thc accuscd/pctitioncr Sycd Nazakat I lussain Shah bclirrc:

thc (lor-rrt bcing Inchargc I{ccord l{oorl (icncral lirr cvidcr-rcc in thc casc. 'l'hcrc is no clit'cct cvidcncc against thc accuscd/pctitioncrs rcgarding thc allcgcd I thcli fiom thc of[icc ol' thc complainant situatcd in

llattagrarr-r. It is worlh 1o mcntion thal carlicr a casc r:nclcr Scction 4U9-l: I'}PC was rcgistcrcd against thc acc Lrscd/petitioncr, namcly, Noor l{chn'ran, whcrcin, thc prcscnt complainant was counscl lbr thc complainant in thc said casc. I)crusal ol'tl'rc said ordcr rvould rcvcal that accuscd/pctilioncr Noor-ur-[tchman is Choivkiclar in (lovcrnmcnt l)rimarv School and also tcnant ol'Abdullah Khan, cornplainant in tl'rc prcscnt CASC. In thc said casc o1'489-l;, f'athcl o1'courplainant in that casc appcarcd bclbrc thc Clor:rl and bcliccl thc vcrsion ol' thc complainant in that casc. I lc also nrcntioncd in his a1'[ldavit that actLral dispr-rtc \A, II S rcgarding tcnancy and salary ol' accuscd/pctition cr lhc n'rost intcrcsting aspcct ol thc said casc was thaL 1l-rc cl-rccluc allcgcdly issucd by Noor-ur-l{chrnan, acc uscd/pctitioncr, pcrtains to his salary account, r,r,hich is a joint account ol accuscd/pctition cr and thc prcscnt colnplainant. 'l'hc lcarncd Additional Scssions Jr-rdgc, Ilattagram obscrvcd in ordcl datccl I4.03.20 1 it that thc accuscd/pctitioncr was lalscly irlplicatcd rn tl-rc casc u,ith malalldc intcntion on thc part o1'thc complainant and Abclullah Khan, Aclvocatc:

(r lhus, this Court, in vicrv o1' this

I backdrop, corrcludcs that rnalal-rdc on thc part o l' thc conrplainant is palpablc on f-acc o1'rccord ol- thc casc

ancl it appcars that accuscd/pctil ion cr Noor-ur.

l{ctman has bccn irnplicatcd in thc instant casc u,ith nralalldc intcntion and uhcrior motivc. Morcovcr.

acc r-rsccl/pctitioncrs Al-sar Muhammad Khan and Sycd Nazakat Ilussain Shah havc nothing ro do wirh lhc instant casc and thcy I'ravc also bccn lalsciy chargccl in tl-rc casc

1 Conscclucntly, this application Ior grant o1'prc-arrcst bail is allowcd and acl-intcrint prc- arrcst bail rtlrcaclv grantcd kr thc acc usccl-pctiLion crs. vidc orrlcr clatcd 19.07 .2018 stands conllnrcd Dt.29- l0-2018.

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