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1975 SCMR 391

MUHAMMAD USMAN AND ANOTHER vs THE STATE

Citation1975 SCMR 391
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No, 7-R of 1975
Date1975-03-14
Judge(s)Muhammad Afzal Cheema, Salahuddin Ahmad, Sheikh Anwarul Haq
ResultPetition dismissed

ORDER

1. ' SALAHUDDIN AHMED, J.-The petitioners have been aggrieved - by the order of a learned Single Judge of the Lahore High Court refusing to grant bail to them in a case registered against them under sections 148,, 325, 307/149 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the 12th of October, 1974.

2. ' The allegations against the petitioners are that they fired at and Injured complainant Azizur Rabman with pistol shots. The complainant sustained three fire-arm injuries.

3. The discretion exercised by the learned Single Judge is based on sound judicial principle, and no fault can be found with it.

4. ' Merely because there was a counter version of the occurrence in the first information report lodged by one of the accused, Mohammad Afzal, does not in our opinion affect the discretion exercised by the learned Judge on the basis of the materials on record of the present case.

5. ' We accordingly dismiss the petition.

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