' ASIF SAEED KHAN KHOSA, J.---Through this petition Muhammad Javed alias Javed Ahmed alias Javed petitioner has sought post-arrest bail in case F.I.R. No.443 registered at Police Station, Sadar, Okara on 19-9-2003 for an offence under section 302, P.P.C. Read with section 201, P.P.C. Was added to the F.I.R.
2. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and going through the record it has been noticed that the F.I.R. In this case had been lodged with a delay of about two and a half months.
According to the F.I.R. Itself the alleged murder had remained unwitnessed. So far there is no independent evidence available on the record directly connecting the petitioner with the alleged offence. The record shows that a co-accused of the petitioner namely. Mst. Kauser Bibi and allegedly made an extra-judicial confession and in that confession she had also implicated the present petitioner. The worth and evidentiary value of such extra-judicial confession made by the petitioner's co-accused calls for further probe at this stage. The recovery of the dead !Sody was admittedly a private recovery and the same had not been effected from the petitioner's house or at the instance of the petitioner. There is no evidence available on the record to connect the string allegedly recovered from the petitioner's possession with the alleged offence. The challan in this case has already been submitted after completion of investigation and, thus, continued custody of the petitioner in jail is not likely to serve any beneficial purpose at this stage.
3. For what has been discussed above the case against the petitioner calls for further inquiry into his guilt within the purview of subsection (2) of section 497, Cr.P.C. This petition is, therefore, allowed and the petitioner is admitted to bail subject to furnishing bail bond in the sum of Rs.50,000 (Rupees fifty thousand only) with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court.