NAZIR vs AMIR DIN AND ANOTHER — 1971 SCMR 637

Citation: 1971 SCMR 637

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1966

Decision Date: 1966-10-19

Parties: NAZIR vs AMIR DIN AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 SCMR 637

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Hamoodur Rahman, Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Title: NAZIR vs AMIR DIN AND ANOTHER Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 50 of 1966 Criminal Revision No. 335 of 1965 Date of Judgment:1966-10-19 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 637 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, J.--This appeal, by special leave, is directed against an order of a learned Single Judge of the High Court of West Pakistan cancelling the bail granted to the appel--lant herein by the Sessions Judge of Lyallpur on the 18th of April 1964. The sole ground upon which the cancellation was made is that "one of the recovery witnesses, namely, Choto, made a report to the police that Nazir respondent was threatening him if he deposed against him". Leave was granted in this case to consider whether the dis--cretion to cancel bail had been exercised on correct principles and after a consideration of the relevant material on the record. The appellant herein was arrested by the police on the 24th of February 1964, in the course of investigation of a first informa--tion report lodged by the first named respondent herein on the 6th of February 1964, alleging that 7 persons armed -with weapons had burgled his house on the night between the 5th and the 6th of February 1964. In this report no culprits were named but it was said that the culprits could be identified if seen, although the houses of the present appellant and the complainant adjoined each other and they had been…

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