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Petitioner: THE STATE through Directorate-General of Inspection and Internal Audit (Customs and Excise), Karachi VS Respondent: ZAFAR ALI KHAN and another
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Abdul Hameed Dogar, Hamid Ali Mirza, Karamat Nazir Bhandari Title:THE STATE through Directorate-General of Inspection and Internal Audit
(Customs and Excise), Karachi vs ZAFAR ALI KHAN and another Case No.: Criminal Petitions Nos.13-K and 19-K of 2004 Date of Judgment:2006-04-03 Reported As: 2009 SCMR 323 Result: Leave granted Judgment ORDER ' ABDUL HAMEED DOGAR, J.--- By common order we propose to dispose of Criminal Petitions Nos.13- K and 19-K of 2004 as identical question of fact and law is involved. 2. In support of grant of leave, learned counsel for the petitioner contended that Director-General of Inspection and Internal Audit was A competent to file appeal in terms of section 185 of Customs Act, 1969. According to him, word "any person" has been elaborately discussed by a Full Bench of this Court in a case reported as The State through Collector Customs and Excise, Quetta v. Azam Malik and others PLD 2005 SC 686 as such leave to appeal may be granted. 3. Accordingly, leave to appeal is granted in both petitions to consider, inter alia, the above contentions in the light of above referred judgment.