ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH, KARACHI
 
Crl. Bail Application No.379 of 2012

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Date              Order with signature of Judge

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Date of hearing 17.05.2012

 

Mr. Syed Azmat Shah Advocate for the Applicant.

 

Mr. Muhammad Iqbal Awan learned APG.

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Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi J;     By this order I would decide the bail application filed by the Applicant Muhammad Mubeen.

 

Precisely, the facts of the case as narrated in the FIR are that on 25.12.2011 the complainant alongwith his friends Muhammad Azam Abbasi and Nawaz Sher Jalil in his car bearing registration No.ALH-132 at about 0800 hours went to Hawksbay and while they were returning to their house at about 0010 hours near Eidhi Chowrangi one white Hi-Roof bearing No.CG-9538 wherein four persons were sitting intercepted them. The persons alighted from the said Hi-Roof and pointed weapons upon them and snatched laptops, mobile phones, one gold ring and one gold chain etc., etc., and ran away from the spot in the said Hi-Roof towards Maripur. Suddenly a police mobile came there and the complainant told the incident to them whereupon police chased the accused persons, who on seeing the police started firing upon police party and police also made firing upon the accused persons in encounter. Police cordoned/encircled them and arrested the accused persons at the spot and recoveries of the articles including weapons were made from them.

 

Learned Counsel for the Applicant submitted that the Applicant/accused is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the instant case at behest of the complainant. He contended that while dismissing the bail Application of the Applicant Trial Court has not taken into consideration that report/roznamcha entry of missing of the Applicant/accused was lodged at P.S. Kalri. Learned Counsel for the Applicnat urged that the Applicant cannot drive any vehicle but the prosecution has shown him as driver of the vehicle. According to the learned Counsel the prosecution story as narrated in the FIR is concocted as neither any persons received injury nor any single bullet hit the vehicle. No avert act or specific role has been attributed to the Applicant by the prosecution. He further urged that provision of section 103 Cr.P.C. has not been complied with.

 

On the other learned APG has vehemently opposed the grant of bail to the Applicant and submitted that Applicant was arrested at the spot and stolen laptop and knife were recovered from the possession of the present Applicant. He further contended that bail of the co-accused Ghulam Fareed has already been dismissed on 13.04.2012 by this Court.

 

I have heard Mr. Syed Azmat Shah Counsel for the Applicant, Mr. Muhammad Iqbal Awan learned APG and perused the relevant material available on record with their assistance.

 

On tentative assessment of the material available on record, it appears that FIR was lodged promptly by the complainant. Applicant has been nominated in the FIR. Applicant was arrested at the spot after encounter, knife and snatched laptop of the complainant were recovered from the possession of the Applicant. Bail Application of co-accused Ghulam Fareed has already been dismissed by this Court.

 

Rampant law and order situation prevailing in the city and country super normal hike and such kind of street crimes and snatching of valuable articles require 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, I am of the view that the learned Counsel for the Applicant has failed to make out the case for grant of bail to the Applicant, therefore, by my short order dated 17.05.2012 instant bail application was dismissed with the direction to the Trial Court to conclude the  trial within a period of two months from receipt of the order. Thereafter, the Applicant would be at liberty to move fresh Bail Application.

      

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

                                               

 

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