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Petitioner: ABBAS VS Respondent: THE STATE
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Kamal Mansur Alam, Sh. Ijaz Nisar Title: ABBAS vs THE STATE Case No.:Criminal Petition for Leave to Appeal No.357-L of 1999 Criminal
Miscellaneous No. 641-B of 1999 Date of Judgment:1999-10-13 Reported As: 2000 SCMR 212 Result: Petition accepted Judgment ORDER ' SH. IJAZ NISAR, J.---This petition is directed against the order dated 30-6-1999, passed by the Lahore High Court, Lahore, in Criminal Miscellaneous No.641-B of 1999. 2. Abbas petitioner along with others is facing trial in case F.I.R. No.126 of 1998, dated 13-6-1998, under section 302/109/148/149/427, P.P.C., registered at Police Station Tarkhani, District Faisalabad. He applied for bail on medical grounds. A report was called about his state of health. According to the report of the Medical Board, he is suffering from "Hepatitis-C" (viral infection). But, the learned High Court did not consider him entitled to bail, as in the opinion of the Medical Board, though the disease was infectious but it did not spread or infect others by the casual contact. 3. We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. In view of the serious nature of the ailment the petitioner is suffering from, we convert the petition into appeal and admit him to bail in the sum of Rs.100,000 (one lac) with two sureties in the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial Court.