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2002 SC MR 1380

Proem Qazi Muhammad Farooq and EHADZEB alias BHOBI vs THE STATE

Citation2002 SC MR 1380
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Criminal Petition No,55-1 of 2002,
Date2002-02-13
Judge(s)Tanvir Ahmed Khan
Resultpetition dismissed

' QAZI MUHAMMAD FAROOQ, J.---This petition for leave to appeal has arisen from the order, dated 21-1-2002 of a learned Judge in Chambers of the Lahore High Court whereby the petitioner's bail application arising out of a case under sections 17/22 of Immigration Ordinance, 1979, registered on 12-10-2001 vide F.I.R. No,361 of 2001, was turned down.

2. The accusation against the petitioner in brief is that he alongwith his co-accused had taken an amount of Rs,5,75,000 for sending two sons of the complainant to United States of America but the needful was not done.

3. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and going through the record we are not inclined to interfere with the discretionary order passed by the High Court refusing bail as the peitioner is reasonably connected with the offence for which he has been chased. As regards the rule of consistency it would suffice to say that the sane cannot be pressed into service as the petitioner's case is not at par with that of his co-accused Professor Attaullah Joseph who has been admitted to bail. The petition is, therefore, dismissed and .

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