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PLJ 2021 Cr.C. 1679, 2022 PCRLJ 810, KLR 2022 Criminal Cases 357

Waleed Arfaqat vs State and another

CitationPLJ 2021 Cr.C. 1679, 2022 PCRLJ 810, KLR 2022 Criminal Cases 357
CourtIslamabad High Court
Case No.Crl. Misc. No. 597-B of 2021
Date2021-07-12
Judge(s)Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri
ResultBail granted

ORDER

Through the instant petition, the petitioner seeks bail after arrest in case F.I.R. No. 252/20, dated 28.11.2020, offence under Sections 302, 324, 337-F(iii), 337-D, 148, 149, P.P.C., registered at police station Nilore, Islamabad.

2. Brief allegations against the petitioner/accused are that he along with his co-accused while armed with weapons attacked upon the complainant party due to which Sohail Anjum, Junaid, Zaib and Aftaar received injuries. Subsequently one of the injured persons namely Aftaar succumbed to the injuries, hence the instant FIR.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner/accused contends that the instant FIR has been lodged against the present petitioner on the basis of malicious and ulterior motives to receive unlawful benefits; two different roles are mentioned in the FIR regarding participation of petitioner/accused in the occurrence; there is contradiction in Medico Legal Report with the ocular evidence; the indictments as ascribed to the petitioner are absolutely against the facts as well as based on some imbedded mala fide on the part of Complainant's side may have been whispered by anyone having ill motive towards the petitioner, otherwise the petitioner has neither any rivalry against the victim nor has any grudge of any manifestation. He has further contended that there was no occasion for the petitioner to indulge in the stated occurrence; case of the petitioner falls within the ambit of further inquiry; the petitioner/accused is previously non convict. Hence he has prayed for grant of bail after arrest.

4. On the other hand, learned counsel for the complainant as well as State Counsel have controverted the contentions raised on behalf of the petitioner/accused and prayed for dismissal of bail after arrest.

5. I have heard the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the petitioner/accused, learned counsel for the complainant assisted by

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