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Petitioner: BASHIR AHMED VS Respondent: THE STATE
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Farrukh Mehmood Title: BASHIR AHMED vs THE STATE Case No.: Cr. M. No.1269-B/2002/BWP, Date of Judgment:2003-01-06 Reported As: 2005 MLD 698 Result: Bail granted
Judgment ORDER ' Bashir Ahmad has sought his post-arrest bail in case F.I.R. No.365 registered at P.S. Taranda' Muhammad Panah on 20-11-2002 for offence under Article 3/4 of the Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order, 1979. 2. The relevant facts as given in F.I.R. Are that Muhammad Iqbal, ASI, on receipt of secret information, raided the house of petitioner and recovered utensils which were being used for manufacturing of liquor and also recovered local made liquor. 3. The petitioner was arrested and had been sent to judicial lock-up after completion of investigation. 4. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and have also gone through the record of the case. 5. It has been noticed that none of the offences attracts the prohibitory clause of section 497, Cr.P.C. The investigation of the case has been completed. There in no previous history of involvement of the petitioner in any criminal activities. In such-like cases, bail should be granted as a rule as held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Tariq Bashir v. The State (PLD 1995 SC 34). Resultantly, I admit the petitioner to bail subject to his furnishing bail bond in the sum of Rs.50,000 (rupees fifty thousand) with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court.