MUHAMMAD ASHRAF AND 7 Other vs THE STATE — 1978 PLD 94

Citation: 1978 PLD 94

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-10-17

Parties: MUHAMMAD ASHRAF AND 7 Other vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1978 Karachi 94

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Zaffar Hussain Mirza Title: MUHAMMAD ASHRAF AND 7 Other vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Bail Application No. 916 of 1977 Date of Judgment:1971-10-17 Reported As: PLD 1978 Karachi 94 Result: Application dismissed Judgment ORDER The present 8 applicants alongwith 10 others are booked in connection with a murder charge. The request for bail for the present applicants has been refused thrice by this Court. After the bail was refused to the applicants for the second time, the matter was taken before the Supreme Court alongwith some other co-accused and as a result of the objection raised by the learned Advocate-General, the leave petition was not pressed so far as the present applicants are concerned. In the last order dated 28-2-1977 passed by this Court, a direction was made that the trial of the case be expedited. Thereafter upon being moved afresh for bail the learned Sessions Judge, Sanghar rejected the request by his order dated 2Q-7-1977 on the ground that the trial could not be commenced due to the fact that the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Sanghar on whose file the case is at present pending, has been lying vacant without the Presiding Officer and it was expected that the new incumbent will soon be posted who will give preference to the present case. The learned counsel appearing for the applicants seeks to re-agitate questions of merit involved in the case. He submits that there are counter cases pending in regard to the…

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