MUHAMMAD SHAKEEL & OTHERS (Applicant) VS THE STATE (Respondent)

ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH,

CIRCUIT COURT, HYDERABAD.

Cr. Bail. Appl: No.S-844 of 2018

DATE ORDER WITH SIGNATURE OF JUDGE

1.For orders on office objection.

2.For orders on M.A No.378/19.

3.For hearing of main case.

Mr. Shoukat Ali Kaka, Advocate for Applicants.

Mr. Ali Akbar Lakho, Advocate for Applicants / surety.

Ms. Sobia Bhatti, Assistant Prosecutor General.

1&3. Learned counsel for the applicants does not wish to press this bail application on the ground that applicants have been acquitted by the learned trial Court vide order dated 08.10.2018 and the FIR has been cancelled in

“C”-Class. Accordingly, the same is dismissed as not pressed.

2.Through this application applicants / surety seeks return of surety papers. Learned counsel for the applicants / surety states that applicants / surety was stood surety of the accused (1) Muhammad Shakeel, (2) Adnan & (3) Naveed Ahmed, while they were granted interim pre-arrest bail by this court vide order dated 18.09.2018, in the sum of Rs.50,000/- [Rupees Fifty Thousand] each. He further submits that during pendency of this bail application, accused have been acquitted vide order dated 08.10.2018, and in this regard he has placed certified copy of such order.

Learned A.P.G present in court in some other cases waives notice and records her no objection to the grant of instant application.

Report of the Accountant is available on record which reflects that the applicants / surety stood surety of the accused (1) Muhammad Shakeel, (2) Adnan & (3) Naveed Ahmed, in the sum of Rs.50,000/- and in this regard he has deposited (12) Prize Bonds amounting to Rs.151,500/-, issued by the State Bank of Pakistan, which was accepted as surety for the applicants.

In view of the above, instant application is allowed. Office is directed to return the surety papers / prize bonds to the applicants / surety after proper verification and identification.

JUDGE

Fahad Memon