KHALID RASHID AND Another vs THE STATE — 1972 PLD 729

Citation: 1972 PLD 729

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-06-25

Parties: KHALID RASHID AND Another vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1972 Lahore 729

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Zullah Title: KHALID RASHID AND Another vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 1608/13 Date of Judgment:1971-06-25 Reported As: PLD 1972 Lahore 729 Result: Order accordingly JUDGMENT JUDGMENT These are three bail petitions, namely; Cr. Misc. Nos. 1527/13-71, 1606/13-71, and 1608/9-71, arising out of the same matter, therefore, they are being disposed of together. 2. Arif Raza, XEN, Khalid Rashid, S.D.O. And Muhammad Saleem, Line Superintendent, all employees of WAPDA are accused of offences under sections 218, 409, 468, 471, 477-A, P. P. C. Read with section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, for having committed criminal breach of trust in respect of large quantities of Copper Conductor Wire (hereinafter called the wire) and also for offences of forgery for purpose of cheating, falsification of accounts and making of incorrect records. The case was registered against them on 17-5-1971 at the instance of a D. S. P. Who on being deputation is attached to WAPDA. The precise allegation is that the petitioners were required to replace old copper wire with aluminium wire in a vast area and the so removed copper wire was to be deposited in the WAPDA stores. Instead of depositing the entire standard copper wire in the Stores, they deposited different qualities of wire. At the stage of the F. I. R. The estimated value of the misappropriated wire was about Rs. 1,60,000, but during the investigation the…

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