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Petitioner: Mst. NAZIRAN VS Respondent: THE STATE
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Farrukh Mehmood Title: Mst. NAZIRAN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No.384/B of 2005/BWP Date of Judgment:2005-05-18 Reported As: 2007 YLR 2913 Result: Bail granted
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD FARRUKH MAHMUD, J. - Mst. Naziran-petitioner has sought post-arrest bail in case F.I.R. No.64, registered at Police Station, Saddar Khanpur, on 11-3-2005 for offence under section 16 of the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979. During investigation section 10(2) of the Ordinance was added. 2. Succinctly, the allegation against the petitioner is that she in the existing of an earlier marriage remarried with Zafar Iqbal. 3. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and have also gone through the relevant record of the case. 4. Undeniably, the petitioner has been sent to jail after completion of investigation. The case of the petitioner being woman is covered by the proviso to subsection (1) of section 497, Cr.P.C. Thus, I admit the petitioner to bail subject to her furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 50,000 (Rupees fifty thousand only) with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court.