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Petitioner: SHAUKAT KHAN VS Respondent: THE STATE-
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Munir Khan Title: SHAUKAT KHAN vs THE STATE- Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 549-B/BWP of 1984 Date of Judgment:1984-05-19 Reported As: 1986 P Cr. L J 1054 Result: Bail allowed
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT This is an application for bail on behalf of Shaukat Khan petitioner in a case under section 379, P.P.C. Registered at P.S. Railway, Samma Satta, vide F.I.R. No. 19/84, dated 2-4-1984. 2. The prosecution case is that the petitioner removed Rs.144 from the pocket of Ghulam Mustafa complainant. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in jail for more than 1 -- months and that the alleged offence is not punishable with 10 years or more. Conversely, the learned counsel for the State has opposed the plea for bail of the petitioner. He informs that the case is fixed on 22-5-1984 for trial. 4. I have considered the arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the parties with care. I find that the petitioner is in jail; that he is no more required for investigation and that the alleged offence does not fall within the prohibitory clause of section 497, Cr.P.C. The mere fact that the case is fixed for hearing is no ground to refuse the concession of bail to an accused person who is otherwise entitled to it. 5. For what has been stated above, the petitioner is allowed bail in the sum of Rs.5,000 with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of A.C./Duty Magistrate, Bahawalpur.
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