Case Details

Citation(s)
2012 SLG 2581 2012 SLD 2581 2012 YLR 2416
Sindh High Court
Criminal Bail Application No. S-161 of 2012, decided on 28th May, 2012
SHAHID ANWAR BAJWA, J
Rashid Mustafa Solangi for Applicant. Zulfiqar Ali Jatoi, D.P.G. for the State

AKBAR

VS

THE STATE

Law:

Section:

Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)--- ----S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss.302/147/148/149---Qatl-e-amd, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Bail, refusal of---Recovery from accused---Evidentiary value---Scope---Enmity . between the parties---Effect---Allegation against the accused and co-accused was that they waylaid the complainant and his companions while they were going for work in the morning, where after the accused and co-accused fired at and murdered the three deceased persons---Contentions of the accused were that nothing had been recovered from him; that there was tribal enmity between the parties; that at morning time before going for work most people relieved themselves and, therefore, presence of faecal matter in the large intestine of the deceased persons indicated that the incident had not occurred the way it was mentioned in the F.I.R.---Validity---Recovery was always a corroborative piece of evidence and question as to what was the effect of recovery or non-recovery could be gone into only once evidence was recorded---Mere non-recovery at the bail stage could not be a ground for granting bail---Existence of enmity was always a double edged weapon and it cut both ways---Question as to whether F.LR. was actuated out of enmity or that the incident was motivated out of enmity, both could be argued with equal amount of vehemence---Previous enmity did not help either side in most of the cases, at least at the bail stage---Contention of the accused regarding presence of faecal matter in the large intestines of the deceased persons would not detain the court as deeper appreciation of evidence could not be conducted at bail stage---Accused was member of an unlawful assembly, which specifically waylaid six persons and there was no question as to whom they wanted to kill---Present case was a case where almost war was declared by persons of one tribe against persons of the other hapless tribe---Sufficient material was available prima facie to connect the accused with the offence---Bail application of the accused was dismissed, in circumstances. Sarfraz v. The State PLD 2001 Kar. 162; Shokat Illahi v. Javed Iqbal and others…
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