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1985 P Cr. L J 927

TAUQEER HYDER vs THE STATE

Citation1985 P Cr. L J 927
CourtSindh High Court
Case No.Criminal Bail Application No, 709 of 1984
Date1984-08-11
Judge(s)Abdul Razzaq A. Thaim
ResultBail allowed

ORDER

1. ' The case against the applicant, Taugeer Haider, is pending for trial under action 10(2) of Zina Hudood Ordinance.

2. ' Prosecution case in brief is that on 11-3-1984 one, Syed Arif Ali, went to Police Station, Malir, and informed the police that one newly-born child was lying in street behind his house. A.S.I. Mushtaque Hussain Shah proceeded to that place and recorded the statement of prosecution witnesses Muhammad Iqbal, Abdul Qadeer and others. It was revealed that applicant and Mst. Fareeda Begum married three days prior to incident and before that they used to commit Zina due to which that child was born. Police after usual investigation, challaned the applicant and Mst. Fareeda Begum.

3. ' Mr. Rasheed A. Rizvi, learned counsel for the applicant, has submitted that it is an admitted fact that Mst. Fareeda and applicant Tauqeer Haider are married. It is contended that applicant professed Shia faith and Mst. Fareeda Begum is Hanfi Sunni faith and their marriage was performed according to Shia law but subsequently at the intervention of their parents the second time this Nikah was performed according to Sunni Hanfi law, therefore, the question of Zina does not arise.

4. ' Mr. A.A. Mohammadally, A.A.-G. For the State, has no objection to the grant of bail.

5. In this case marriage between applicant and Mst. Fareeda Begum is not disputed and affidavits of Tauqeer Haider and Mst. Fareeda Begum have been filed alongwith this bail application. F.I.R. Also shows that they got married three days before the incident. There are two versions about the marriage. One advanced by applicant and another by Syed Arif All and others. These all points are to be thrashed out at the time of trial. However, at this stage I am inclined to extend the concession of bail to applicant Tauqeer Haider. He is admitted to bail on furnishing one solvent surety in the sum of Rs,50,000 and P.R. Bond in the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial Court.

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