' This is an application for bail on behalf of Muhammad Ashraf, petitioner, in a case under section 10/11 of the Offence of Zina (Enforce- ment of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979, registered at Police Station Minchin Abad vide F.I.R. No, 355/81, dated 16-9-1981.
2. The prosecution case is that the petitioner and others abducted Mst. Manzooran in order to subject her to illicit intercourse and thereafter Muhammad Ashraf, the petitioner, Manzoor Ahmad and Fateh Muhammad co-accused committed Zina-bil-Jabr with her.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner is not mentioned in the F.1.12.; that the co-accused namely, Manzoor Ahmad and Fateh Muhammad against whom there are allegations of Zina, have already been allowed bail by the Additional Sessions Judge-I, Bahawalnagar and as for the allegations of ascension that is factually incorrect inasmuch as the petitioner remained .attending the Court of E.A.C. Minchin Abad in between the occurrence and his arrest.
' As against this the learned counsel for the. State has opposed this application on the ground that the earlier application moved by the petitioner has already been dismissed by this Court on 27-6- 1983.
4. After hearing the learned counsel and going through the material available before me I find that while rejecting the earlier bail application of the petitioner, my learned brother observed:-- "The petitioner was arrested about 14 or 15 months after the statement of Mst. Manzooran and is alleged to have absconded. In the circumstances I do not extend the concession of bail to the petitioner and dismiss this petition."
It appears that true facts could not be brought to the notice of my learned brother on that date.
Inasmuch as the certificate issued by the Extra Assistant Commissioner Minchin bad, which is on the record shows that the petitioner had been attending his Court regularly from 2-11-1981 to 11-4- 1983. It is remarkable that the case also pertains to Police Station Minchin Abad. I further find that the co-accused namely, Manzoor Ahmad and Fateh Muhammad have already been allowed bail by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bahawalnagar.
In these circumstances I am of the opinion that question of guilt of the petitioner now requires further inquiry. He is, therefore, allowed B bail in the sum of Rs,10,000 with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Additional Sessions Judge, Bahawalnagar.