A case under section 17/18/22 of the Immigration Ordinance, 1979, stands registered against the petitioner and another, with Police Station F.IA. Lahore. The allegation against the petitioner is that he used to send people abroad for employment on the basis of forged documents. It is contained in the F.I.R. That on the receipt of secret information the concerned police officials raided the premises of Lahore Airport where some persons were apprehended and on checking it transpired that their Passports as well as their visas were forged. The said persons during investigation implicated the petitioner and his co-accused.
'It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that nothing has been recovered from the petitioner. Submits that the petitioner is in jail since 2110-1988 but the trial has not commenced.
Submits that bare statements of the persons implicating the petitioner would not mean anything especially when nothing has been recovered from the petitioner to indicate that he was responsible for forging the said documents. The petitioner has been opposed by the learned counsel for the State.
2. I have heard learned counsel and perused the record. The petitioner was not arrested along with others who were about to board the plane with forged documents. Nothing has been recovered in the form of stamps or any other instruments with the help of which Passport could be lodged at the instance of the petitioner. The investigation in the case is complete and the petitioner is not required for purpose of investigation anymore. In these circumstances. I allow bail to the petitioner provided he furnishes security in the sum of Rs,30,000 with two sureties, each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial Court.