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2005 YLR 1593

ABDUL MAJEED vs THE STATE

Citation2005 YLR 1593
CourtLahore High Court
Case No.Crl. Miscellaneous No.385-B of 2005
Date2005-02-28
Judge(s)Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti
ResultBail allowed

ORDER

' Petitioner Abdul Majeed has moved this post-arrest bail petition in case F.I.R. No.134 of 2004 dated 6-6-2004 under section 10 of Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979 registered at Police Station, Kot Addu District, MuzafTargarh on the complaint of Mst. Naseem Mai.

2. Briefly the prosecution story as narrated in the F.I.R. Is that the complainant/prosecutrix namely Mst. Naseem Mai who is a married woman having four children, on 5-6-2004 at Aserwela was caught hold by the petitioner/accused while cutting grass in the fields and he forcibly committed Zina-bilJabr with her and on hue and cry P.Ws. Came at the place of occurrence and the accused/petitioner ran away.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the eye-witnesses of the occurrence Muhammad Yar father in law of the prosecutrix and Ahmad Bakhsh real maternal uncle of the prosecutrix have sworn affidavits that occurrence did not take place. Even two investigating agencies after their thorough investigation have opined that matter is being put forth on the mercy of the Court.

Further submits that the petitioner is behind the bars since 6-9-2004 and he is innocent and has been involved in this case falsely.

4. On the other hand learned State counsel vehemently opposed the bail petition.

5. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and carefully perused the record. Challan in this case has been submitted in the Court of competent jurisdiction. Petitioner is behind the bars since 6-9-2004 and even the eye-witnesses have sworn their affidavits that the occurrence did not take place. In this view of the matter the petitioner cannot be put behind the bars for an indefinite period. The petitioner is allowed bail subject to furnishing his bail bonds in the sum of Rs.50,000 with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of learned trial Court.

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