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2012 YLR 2617

BILAL vs THE STATE

Citation2012 YLR 2617
CourtPeshawar High Court
Case No.Criminal Miscellaneous No,1120-P 2012,
Date2012-08-23
Judge(s)Shah Jehan Khan Akhundzada
ResultBail allowed

' SHAH JEHAN AKHUNDZADA, J.---The petitioner is involved in case F.I.R. No, 646 dated 19-7-2012 under section 9(c) CNSA/13 AO registered at Police Station Tangi. He was refused bail by the learned ASJ Charsadda at Tangi vide his order dated 31-7-2012. Hence this petition.

2. The prosecution case as per contents of the F.I.R. Is that there was spy information that the accused-petitioner is selling contrabands in his shop situated at Sher Gul Khawar Koroona. On this information S.H.O. Police Station Tangi along with other police contingent, raided the said shop at 1230 hours on 19-7-2012. They found the accused in his shop, who disclosed his name as Bilal son of Usman ' Ali resident of Barazai Panra Jranda presently Sher Gul. Khawar Koroona. S.H.O. Conducted his personal search and recovered one .30 bore pistol without number along with 5 rounds from the fold of his Shalwar, while conducting the search of the shop; he recovered one .12 bore shotgun without number along with 10 cartridges and further search of the Counter of the shop by the said S.H.O. Led to the recovery. Of 5 full packets and one half packet of charas pukhta weighing 5500 grams in toto. He also recovered Rs,750 in cash containing notes of different, denominations from his pocket and scale along with bots (weights). He took into possession all the above article and.

Then, separated 515 grams from each packet and sealed the same into different parcels for chemical analysis of the said contraband through FSL, while the remaining charas weighing 5470 grams and other articles mentioned above were packed and sealed in another parcel, and then drafted Murasila in respect of the offence in question and sent it to the PS on the basis of which case F.I.R. No,646 dated 19-7-2012 was registered against the accused. He also arrested the accused and issued his card of arrest and then the case was entrusted to the investigation staff for further investigation, who prepared recovery memo and completed rest of the investigation.

3. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and have perused the record of the case.

4. Record reveals that the S.H.O. Concerned has neither searched the shop in question after obtaining search warrant within the meaning of section 20 of the CNSA, in spite of the fact that he had prior information about the selling of narcotics by the accused-petitioner nor the FSL report in respect of the recovered stuff is available on record to show that the same was actually contrabands and that the arms and amununitions allegedly recovered are in workable condition or not In these circumstances arrest of the accused from his shop having in possession of contraband or illegal arms and ammunitions in the absence of fulfilment of the requisite formalities under section 20 CNSA and FSL report in. Respect of the alleged recovered articles, in my view, requires further probe into the guilt of the accused and as such his case falls within the ambit of subsection (2) of section 497, Cr.P.C., which makes the case of accused-petitioner arguable for the purpose of bail.

' In view of the above the application in hand is accepted and resultantly the accused-petitioner is allowed to be released on bail provided he furnishes bail bonds in the sum of Rs,100,000 (one lac) with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial Court.

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