The petitioner Hakeem Muhammad Ramzan has sought his post-arrest bail in case F.I.R. No,188 of 2001 registered at Police Station B-Division, Rahim Yar Khan on 23-6-2001 for offences under sections 16/10(3), of the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979. During investigation section 10(3) of the Ordinance was deleted.
2. Precisely the allegation against the petitioner is that he had developed some intimacy with Mst.
Parveen wife of the complainant who left her house on 19-6-2001 and was seen in the company of the petitioner alongwith three others.
3. The petitioner was arrested in this case on 12-10-2001 and is behind the bars since then.
4. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and have also perused the record. It has been noticed that the matter was not reported to the police for four days and Mst. Parveen was not recovered from the custody of the petitioner when he was arrested. There is only a general allegation by the husband of the abductee about four persons. The offence allegedly committed by the petitioner does not attract the prohibitory clause of section 497, Cr.P.C. Therefore, relying on the case of Tariq Bashir v. The State (PLD 1995 SC 34).
I am inclined to admit the petitioner to bail subject to his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs,20,000 (Rupees twenty thousand only) with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court.