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2007 P Cr. L J 551

SHARJIL AFZAL KHAN vs THE STATE

Citation2007 P Cr. L J 551
CourtLahore High Court
Case No.Criminal Miscellaneous No,6092/B of 2006
Date2006-10-05
Judge(s)Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Khawaja Muhammad Sharif
ResultBail refused

ORDER

' KHAWAJA MUHAMMAD SHARIF, J.--- It is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is first offender; that fifteen kilograms of Charas has been planted on him; that he is behind the bars for the last ten months but the trial has not started so far.

2. On the other hand, the learned Assistant Advocate-General Mr. Tahir Mehmood Gondal submits that the charge was framed in this case on 13-7-2006; that fifteen kilograms of Charas was recovered on the pointation of the petitioner; that maximum sentence of the offence is death and that no case for bail is made out.

3. We have heard learned counsel for the parties and have given anxious consideration to their submissions.

4. We were surprised that although ten months have elapsed but the report of the Chemical Examiner has not been received so far as has been submitted by the A.S.-I. Present in Court. On a direction of this Court, the learned Assistant Advocate-General Mr. Tahir Mehmood Gondal has summoned Dr. Basharat Hussain, Chemical Examiner who has appeared along with the record.

According to the record, the parcel was received by the office of the Chemical Examiner through.

Muhammad Arshad, F.C. 287 on 5-12-2005 and on 6-12-2005 after the analysis, the report of Chemical Examiner was complete. According to the report the Charas in question can be used for intoxication. The said report was sent by the Office of the Chemical Examiner to the concerned police station but the same was not brought on record either due to inefficiency, negligence or ulterior motive on the part of the Investigating Officer to give benefit to the accused. In July, 2006 the S.H.O. Wrote a letter to the office of the Chemical Examiner qua non-receipt of the said report upon which a duplicate copy was handed over to Muhammad Arshad, Constable but the same was also not brought on the record. Now we have handed over all these documents to Aziz Ahmad, A.S.-I. Present in Court along with record to place the same on the judicial file. We would like to give a direction to the D.P.O. Sargodha to look into the matter personally inquire the same and who is found at fault in not placing on record that report of the Chemical Examiner although the same was sent by the Chemical Examiner on 6-12-2005. The police officials who are found guilty necessary legal and departmental action should be taken against them and a report in this regard should be sent within one month from the receipt of this order to the Deputy Registrar (Judicial) of this Court for the information of this Bench. We have orally asked the learned Assistant Advocate- General to convey this order to the D.P.O. Sargodha coupled with sending a copy of the same to him within four days. As far as bail petition is concerned since fifteen kilograms of Charas was recovered on the pointation of the petitioner, the offence fails within the prohibitory clause of section 497(1), Cr.P.C. And the offence being heinous one, so, the petitioner is not entitled to bail and this petition is hereby dismissed having no merit.

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