ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH, KARACHI
 
Spl. Crl. Bail Application No.369 of 2012

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Date              Order with signature of Judge

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Dated of hearing 03.05.2012

 

 

Mr. Fazal-ur-Rehman Awan Advocate for the Applicant.

 

Mr. Shahid Ahmed Shaikh learned APG.

 

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Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi J;             This bail application is filed by the Applicant after rejection of his bail application vide order dated 03.04.2012 passed by the Sessions Judge, Karachi-East on Bail Application No.443/2012.

 

            Brief facts of the case as incorporated in the FIR are that on 23.03.2012 while the complainant and his friend Zahir Abbas were going to their home on motorcycle from Safora Chowrangi. At about 4:30 P.M. near Commander CNG Pump three persons came on motorcycle 125 and on the point of pistols snatched the purse of the complainant as well as his friends and while the accused persons were running away suddenly police mobile came there. The complainant narrated the story to the police party, who chased the accused persons and encounter took pace between the accused persons and police party wherein present Applicant received bullet injuries, he was apprehended in injured condition while he two companions, whose names were disclosed by the present Applicant Mullan @ Molvi and Karim @ Qari, fled away from the scene. Pistol loaded with three bullets and one bullet in chamber as well as snatched articles were recovered from the possession of the present Applicant.

Mr. Fazalur Rehman Awan learned Counsel for the Applicant contended that the Applicant/accused is innocent and has been implicated  falsely in the present case by the complainant in collusion with the police. He further argued that there is overwriting in the FIR in respect of time of occurrence and time of report. Learned Counsel for the Applicant submitted that prior to registration of the FIR in the present case FIR No.101/2012 was also lodged by one Muhammad Ibqal Shaikh against the Applicant over a dispute of a plot. Learned Counsel further contended that in the FIR the complainant has stated that he and his friend had signed the mashirnama of arrest of the Applicant but on perusal of the mashirnama enclosed as Annexure “F” at 55 of the file, the same was signed only by one Zaheer Abbas and HC Muhammad Aslam, according to the learned Counsel for the Applicant this contradiction makes the case of the prosecution doubtful. Learned Counsel further submitted that as per prosecution case the Applicant was arrested from the place of incident in injured condition but no blood was lying at the place of incident and inference can be drawn that no such incident took place.

 

Learned AAG Mr. Shahid Ahmed Shaikh vehemently opposed the grant of bail to the Applicant and contended that the Applicant/accused was apprehended and arrested in injured condition after an encounter and a pistol loaded with three bullets and one bullet in chamber and snatched articles were recovered from his possession and the Applicant/accused, who failed to produce the licence of the pistol.

 

I have heard Mr. Fazalur Rehman Awan Counsel for the Applicant, Mr. Shahid Ahmed Shaikh learned APG and perused the material available on record with their assistance.   

            On tentative assessment of material available on record, it is apparent that FIR was promptly lodged, Applicant was nominated with specific role, snatched articles coupled with pistol loaded with three bullets and one bullet in chamber were recovered from the possession of the applicant when he was arrested in injured condition after encounter with police. Memo of arrest of the Applicant was prepared at the spot duly signed by Zaheer Abbas who is shown to be present in the FIR. Ocular testimony coupled with medical evidence in the shape of medical report of the Applicant/accused enclosed as Annexure “G” with the Memo of Bail Application prima facie connects the present Applicant/accused with the commission of offence as alleged against him.

 

Rampant law and order situation prevailing in the city and country super normal hike and such kind of crimes required to be curbed and if accused persons would be released on bail within such short span of time they certainly take law lightly.

 

For the foregoing reasons, the bail application was dismissed by my short order dated 03.05.2012 with directions to the learned Trial Court to conclude the trial within a period of two months from the date of receipt of order and Applicant may repeat Bail Application if trial is not completed within stipulated time.   

 

Observations made hereinabove are of tentative nature and the trial Court shall not be influenced by any such observations.

      

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