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Petitioner: Adil alias Karondi VS Respondent: State Honorable Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi Shahid Rafique Mayo
CITATION: 2026 YLR 1896 CASE: 2026L4083 TITLE: Adil alias Karondi VS State Honorable Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi Shahid Rafique Mayo COURT: LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE YEAR: 2026 JOURNAL: YLR ============================================================
2026 Y L R July 2026 Y L R 1896 [Lahore] Before Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi, J Adil alias Karondi---Petitioner Versus The State and another---Respondents Criminal Miscellaneous No. 26668-B of 2026, decided on 11th June, 2026. Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)--- ----S. 497(2)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 376(iii)---Rape---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Allegation against the accused-petitioner was that he committed sodomy with a minor---Though as per allegation levelled in the crime report, petitioner committed sodomy with the minor victim yet contents of the Medico-Legal Examination Certificate of the said victim prima-facie did not support the said allegation as no signs of sexual assault on his person could be observed by the Medical Officer---Facts mentioned in medical report called for further inquiry into the guilt of petitioner entitling him to the grant of post arrest bail---Petitioner himself was a boy aged just 13-years---Petitioner was behindbars since his arrest on 19.12.2025---Conclusion of trial was not in sight---Keeping the petitioner incarcerated for an indefinite period did not seem justified--- Petition was allowed and the petitioner was admitted to post arrest bail. Shahid Rafique Mayo for Petitioner. Rana Usman Joyia for the Complainant. Muhammad Asad Tehrim Baig, Deputy Prosecutor General and Amin, ASI for the State. Order Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi, J .--- Through this petition, Adil alias Karondi petitioner seeks his release on post arrest bail in case FIR No.3823 dated 16.12.2025 registered for offence under Section 376-iii of Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, at Police Station Saddar Kasur, District Kasur. 2. Arguments heard. Record perused. 3. Though as per allegation levelled in the crime report, petitioner committed sodomy with the minor victim yet contents of the medico legal examination certificate of the said victim prima-facie, does not support the said allegation as no signs of sexual assault on his person could be observed by the Medical Officer. The fact mentioned supra calls for further inquiry into the guilt of petitioner entitling him to the grant of post arrest bail. Petitioner himself is a lad of just 13-years age. He is behind the bars since his arrest on 19.12.2025. Conclusion of trial is not in sight. In view of mentioned above, keeping the petitioner incarcerated till indefinite period does not look justified. Hence, this petition is allowed and the petitioner is admitted to post arrest bail/subject to his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs.100,000/- with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of learned trial court. JK/A-8/L Bail granted.