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PLD 1986 Lahore 16

ZULFIQAR vs MUHAMMAD ILYAS AND ANOTHER

CitationPLD 1986 Lahore 16
CourtLahore High Court
Case No.Criminal Miscellaneous No, 2206/B of 1985
Date1985-10-07
Judge(s)Sh. Riaz Ahmad
Resultorder grant

' At the very outset, I must state, that the order, dated 9th of September, 1985, passed by Syed Riaz Hussain Shah, Additional Sessions Judge, Lahore admitting the respondent to pre-arrest bail is perverse. The The order has been passed in disregard of the principles governing grant of pre- arrest bail. Additional Sessions Judge has overlooked the provisions of section 12 of the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979, and did not care to analyse the said provisions otherwise it would have dawned upon him, that abduction and kidnapping was not a condition precedent for the commission of offence. Mahboob Hassan, co- accused of tine respondent, hal taken the first informant deceitfully to a house, where not only Mahboob Hassan, but the respondent and one, 2 Hamida also subjected the first informant for the satisfaction of their un natural lust.

2. In fact, the grant of bail, and that too pre-arrest bail in this case is highly objectionable. The Additional Sessions Judge is directed to acquaint himself with the latest pronouncement of the Supreme Court and tHe High Courts on the question of the grant of bail before arrest. The Additional Sessions Judge is reminded of the fact, that unless it is D shown, that the case was mala fide, the pre-arrest bail cannot be allowed.

3. In my view, the grant of bail in such like cases breeds further crime and leads one of the parties to loss of confidence and faith in the system of the administration of criminal justice. That is why, the cases are not short, in which the parties have taken law into their own hands. If society is to be saved from cnans, utmost care has to be exercised, while considering the question of grant or refusal of bail.

4. In this case, the respondents had been named in the F. I. R. The medical evidence establishes, that sodomy was committed with the first informant, who is hardly 12/13 years of age. Additional Sessions Judge also lost sight of the fact, that the offence was punishable with the imprisonment of 25 years' R. I. And also lashes. The case clearly falls within the prohibitory clause of section 497, Cr.

P. C., therefore, in my view, the grant of pre-arrest bail in such like cases is against all cannon of the administration of justice on the criminal side.

5. Consequently, the ing pre-arrest bail to the respondent No, 1, dated 9th of September, 1985, is hereby set aside. The respondent shall be taken into custody forthwith. A copy of this order shall be sent to Syed Riaz Hussain Shah, Additional Sessions Judge, who would, furnish his explanation in writing to this Court within a period of one week.

Bail cancelled.

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