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Petitioner: TAFSEEL HUSSAIN alias MANTO VS Respondent: THE STATE
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry Title: TAFSEEL HUSSAIN alias MANTO vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No.8162-B of 2005 Date of Judgment:2005-12-01 Reported As: 2006 YLR 579 Result: Bail granted
Judgment ORDER ' Through this petition Tafseel Hussain alias Manto petitioner has sought post-arrest bail in case F.I.R. No.526 registered at Police Station Old Anarkali, Lahore on 18-10-2005 for an offence under section 6 read with section 9 of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. 2. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and going through the record we have noticed that the quantity of the recovered substance in this case is not alarmingly big and so far no report has been received from the Chemical Examiner regarding the recovered substance being narcotic substance. According to the learned counsel for the State and the police officer present with the record the petitioner has no antecedents or credentials of being a dealer in narcotics as no case of this nature previously stands registered against him at the relevant Police Station. Theie considerations have been found by us to be special circumstances within the contemplation of the provisions of subsection (2) of section 51 of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 so as to admit the petitioner to bail. This petition is, therefore, allowed and the petitioner is admitted to bail subject to furnishing bail bond in the sum of Rs.50,000 (Rupees fifty thousand only) with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court.