M.Aslam VS The State

JUDGMENT STII.]I.,'I'

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l)clitioncr'(s) ( Mr.rhanrraclr\slarn) b1 Nlr. .\uais ,\bbrisi. Advocatc.........

Iicsporrdcnt (s) (l hc Stalo ctc) by Mr. Waiahat Ali Shah. Advocatc Statc counscl alongwith hrran Khan solr ol' dcceascd........

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Accuscd-pctitioncr, Muhammad Aslam, a(1cr having bccn rcfuscd bail by thc lcarncd lowcr (lourt in casc Irlli No.179 dalcd 20.09.2018 unclcr scctions 32214)1 I)l)C. I)olicc Station Komila, has approachcd to this (lourl lirr thc sarnc rclicl by lrling thc instant bail pctition.

?. Ihc allcgation against thc aci:rtsctl pctitioncr, as rcvcals lrorn thc rcporl ol- Sultan Shah.

conrplainant is l"hat tl-rc accusccl/pctilioncl carrst'ti 'Qori-bi.s-sttbab' ol-dcccascd Shcr Ali on 20 09 20 l8 at 02.00 at night.

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Areurncr.rls o1'the Icarncd counscl lirr thc partics hcarcl and rccord pcrr:sccl q,ith thcir valuablc llssrstancc.

1 l)crusal ol rccorcl would rcvcal that n<r clorrbt orrc Shcr Ali, drivcr ol' 'l'ruck No. ll34lGl.ll:.

Iost his lilc' in tlrc incidcnt, horvcvcr, irr r, icrv ol' pcculiar l'acts and circumstanccs ol' thc casc.

cspccially thc statclrcnt o1'Muhamtrad Niaz, scconcl drivcr ol'tluck, couplcd with al'lldavit ol'onc ol'thc lcgal hcir ol'dcccascd Shcr AIi subnrittccl bclbrc thc (lourt showing his no objcction rcgarding rclcasc o1' acc Lrscd/pctitioncr on bail, thc rolc attributcd [o hinr rccpircs 1r-rrthcl probc by thc Icarncd trial (lor-rlt rcgalding his culpability ilr thc collrurission ol"Oali bi.v-Sabctb' or othcrwisc ol' thc clcccascd. altcr rccording cvidcncc ol thc prosccution. Molcovcr, pr-rnishmcnt providcd undcr scction ll2 I'}l)(l rs paynicnt ol'l)ivctt onll;. lt has bccn obscrvcd by this ('oLrrt ilr Mir ,lnrun's ctse (2010 YLR 1930)that:

'''l'hc lttt, on tha poitrl is silenl os ltt whelher lhe punishmenl of 'Di.rul' woultl ./hll uttdcr thc prohihilor.l' t'luuse ty' section 497, Ct'.1'.('. or not. ,11 this stuga ol lhe rusa, wilhout entering inlq lhc tleclt marils of tlre clsc, one ctnnol ltc kept in.joil for o moller which still

I rt:quircs.fitrther pntbc us ttt tvhathrr il tvus tttt qffencc ol 'Qatl-i-Aholo'/

'Qall-his-sabab' or un inlenlionul uct o.l the uccused. ln this victt o| lhe nwtlet, this Court is o/ the view that accused chorged in such lika situation would be entitled lo the concession oJ hail under sectittn 497

(2)Cr.P.C on the poittt oJ./turthar inquiry."

'l'1'rcrclbrc, at thc momcnt, tl-ris Courl collsidcrs thaL, prima facic a casc of './urther inquiry'into thc guilt ol- thc accuscd/pctitioncr is madc ou1, as contcmplatccl in subscction 2 ol scction 497 (lr.I'].(1.

5.'['hc obscrvalions lcndcrcd hcrcinabovc bcing tcntativc in naturc, would not affcct thc r-nind o1' thc trial Court in any manncr whatsocvcr, during trial o1'thc casc.

6.Conscqucntly, this bail application is acccptcd, accuscd-pctitioncr, Muhammad Aslarn is adrnittcd to bail, subjccl to his fi"rrnishing bail bonds in thc sum ot'I{s.200,000/- (l{upccs trvo lacs), with trvo surctics cach in thc likc amount, kr thc satisl-action ol' Lhc t I I a q a lIilulv Judicial Magistratc, K ohi stan' I )r.22- l0-201tt.

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