Al Wakeelo
Your Digital Lawyer, Always on Duty
Initializing Secure Chambers
Your Digital Lawyer, Always on Duty
Initializing Secure Chambers
Petitioner: GHULAM FARID VS Respondent: THE STATE and another
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Ghulam Mujaddid Mirza, Abdul Shakurul Salam Title: GHULAM FARID vs THE STATE and another Case No.: Criminal Petition 'No, 352 of 1989 Date of Judgment:1990-01-24 Reported As: 1990 SCMR 1403 Result: Petition dismissed
Judgment ORDER ' ABDUL SHAKURUL SALAM, J.---Petitioner seeks leave to appeal against the judgment of the High Court by which bail granted to him by the Additional Sessions Judge in a case under section 377, P.P.C. Was cancelled. 2. The grounds for grant of bail by the Additional Sessions Judge and now urged were examined by the learned High Court and found to be untenable. 3. The complainant was a boy of 12 years of age and the petitioner, a relation, took advantage of his age and absence of his father. Swabs taken were found to be stained with semen. 4. In the circumstances, discretionary jurisdiction exercised by the High Court calls for no interference. Petition is dismissed.