Jalal (petitioner) is involved in a case under section 7 of the Surrender of Illicit Arms Act, 1991, registered at Police Station Kot Mubarak, Dera Ghazi Khan, vide F.I.R. No,272 of 2001. On 5-9-2001, he was allegedly found in possession of unlicensed pistol of .30 bore.
2. Mr. Muhammad Sarwar Bhatti, learned A.A.-G. Has not been able to produce the notification under section 4 .Of the said Act.
3. In the absence of any notification, the petitioner cannot be said to have contravened any order of the Federal Government. Resultantly, the petitioner would be prosecuted under the ordinary law w,e,f, under section 13 of the Pakistan Arms Ordinance XX of 1965, which entails punishment up to three years. Considering the involvement of the petitioner in a bailable case, I accept this petition and enlarge the petitioner on bail subject to furnishing bail bond in the sum of Rs,20,000 (Rupees twenty thousand) with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court.