' FAQIR MUHAMMAD KHOKHAR, J.--- The petitioner is an accused in F.I.R. No,410 registered for offences under sections 365-A/ 148/149/343/384 and 34, P.P.C. He is being tried by the Anti- Terrorism Court, Faisalabad. He moved an application under section 23 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 for transfer of the case to an ordinary Court which was declined. Therefore, he filed Writ Petition No,8754 of 2006 which was dismissed by a learned Division Bench of Lahore High Court, Lahore, vide impugned judgment, dated 5-10-2006.
2. The learned counsel argued that at one point of time the offence under section 365-A, P.P.C. Was deleted and the challan was submitted before the Judicial Magistrate. However, section 365-A, was added during the course of reinvestigation. Therefore, it was fit case for trial by an ordinary criminal Court which had taken cognizance of the offence.
3. We have heard the learned counsel at some length and have also perused the available record.
The High Court came to the conclusion, after going through the material placed before it, that prima facie the offence under section 365-A, P.P.C. Was attracted. Therefore, the Anti-Terrorism Court had justifiably assumed the jurisdiction. The findings recorded by the High Court need not be substituted by us in the absence of any compelling reasons. The impugned judgment does not suffer from any legal infirmity so as to warrant interference by this Court.
4. For the foregoing reasons, we do not find any merit in this IB petition which is dismissed and leave to appeal is refused accordingly.