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Petitioner: AFTAB VS Respondent: THE STATE
Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Moosa K. Laghari Title: AFTAB vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Bail Application No, S-324 of 2007 Date of Judgment:2007-09-17 Reported As: 2007 MLD 1944 Result: Bail confirmed
Judgment ORDER ' MUHAMMAD MOSA K. LEGHARI, J.---The applicant is seeking bail, being involved in murders of his own sisters namely Rukhsana and Farhana as per report lodged on behalf of the State by SIP Muhammad Akram on 4-1-2007. ' Learned counsel appearing for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the case along with his father and that there is no evidence against him except the confessional statement of co-accused. ' Learned Assistant A.G. Has however opposed the grant of bail but has not been able to controvert the above position. ' The contentions raised have been considered and the material placed On record has been perused. ' Initially the F.I.R. Was registered by co-accused Muhammad Qasim regarding the murder of his daughters. Subsequently the instant F.I.R. Was registered on behalf of the State in which the 'present applicant was shown as accused along with his father Muhammad Qasim and one Babu. At the moment, the prosecution does not have any evidence against the present applicant except the confessional statement of co-accused. Needless to say that it is a weak type of evidence requiring further corroboration. The applicant is accordingly entitled to grant of bail. ' In the circumstances, the pre-arrest bail granted to the applicant is confirmed.