'SAGHIR AHMAD, J.---Petitioner seeks post-arrest bail in case F.I.R. No,60 dated 18-3-2007 under section 302/34, P.P.C. Registered with Police Station Ghaziabad, Sahiwal.
2. I have considered the respective arguments of learned counsel for the parties and have also gone through the record with their assistance.
3. It has come on the record that so far the evidence against the petitioner is that of last seen. So far as the question of alleged extra judicial confession is concerned, it is admitted by the learned counsel for the complainant that it is joint confession and evidentiary value of such statement is to be seen during trial. Apart from that another co-accused namely Muhammad Nawaz who was also implicated on account of said extra judicial confession, has already been bailed out, and finding no distinguishing feature against A him, therefore, on the principle of consistency as well the petitioner is entitled to bail, especially when he is behind the bars for the last about one year and five months without any substantial progress in the trial. It is also not denied that nothing was recovered from the petitioner. In the above situation, case against the petitioner has become one of further inquiry. Resultantly, this bail application is allowed and petitioner is admitted to post- arrest bail on his furnishing bail bond in the sum of Rs,1,00,000 (one lac) with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of learned trial Court.
4. Needless to add that whatever has been observed above is purely tentative in nature and shall not influence the learned trial Court while finally deciding the trial of the case.