1. KHALIL-UR-REHMAN KHAN, J. - Ch. Pervez Elahi and Ch. Wajahat Hussain, petitioners have moved an application praying for providing protective bail enabling them to approach this Court alongwith the bail petition. The assertion made is that all the gates of the High Court have been besieged by the heavy police contingent due to which the petitioners cannot enter appearance in the bail petition. On the moving of this petition, I directed the Registrar of the Court to verify the correctness of the afore-noted assertion. The Registrar after physical check up has submitted a report which is to the effect that on all the gates of the High Court heavy contingent of the police has been deployed. The besieging of the premises of the High Court in this manner is violative of right of access to justice guaranteed by the Constitution and is not conducive to the dignity and prestige of the Court. I have, therefore, required the learned Advocate-General to report after inquiring as to the authority/person under whose orders the police contingents were employed at the gates of the High Court and a situation of besieging the High Court was created so that proper action could be taken and the right of free access to justice could be ensured to the aggrieved persons. In the aforesaid situation, the petitioners are allowed ad-interim bail in the sum of Rs. 5,00,000/- (Rupees five lacs) each with one surety each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Deputy Registrar (Judicial) of this Court till 22nd instant Such a protective bail was also allowed by the Sindh High Court in the case of Abdul Hamid Khan Jatoi Vs. The State (1973 P.Cr.L.J. 1032). Crl. Misc. No. 1/1996 stands disposed of accordingly. The bail petition will now come up for hearing on 22nd instant. This date has been fixed with the consent of the learned Advocate-General' as learned counsel for the petitioners are busy before the Supreme Court on 21st instant.