Case Details

Citation(s)
2015 SLG 2538 2015 SLD 2538 2015 PCRLJ 40
Islamabad High Court
Crl. Misc. No. 564-B of 2015, decided on 23rd September, 2015.
NOOR-UL-HAQ N. QURESHI, JUSTICE
Ch. Abdul Aziz for Petitioner. Ahmad Hassan Rana, State Counsel with Ghulam Muhammad Shah, SI with record for the State.

ASIF NAWAZ KHOKHAR - ER

VS

THE STATE - --Respondent

Law:

Section:

(a) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898) --------- ----------S. 497 --------- Pakistan Arms Ordinance (XX of 1965), Ss. 13 & 20 --------- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 420, 468, 471 & 188 --------- Unlicensed sale of weapons, possession of illegal weapons --------- Bail, grant of --------- Accused, who sold arms at his shop, was found in possession of illegal weapons, and he was also alleged to be using his father's license for the sale and purchase of arms --------- Father of accused was a license holder for sale and purchase of arms --------- Accused moved an application before concerned authorities for transfer of dealership in his name, which was still pending (since about a year) --------- Details of weapons recovered from the shop of accused matched with the record seized by the police --------- Ss. 420 & 188, P.P.C. applied in the FIR were bailable, whereas, Ss. 468 & 471 were non-cognizable --------- Furthermore, S. 13 of Pakistan Arms Ordinance, 1965, in its entirety, was bailable --------- Accused was allowed bail in circumstances. (b) Pakistan Arms Ordinance (XX of 1965) --------- ----------S. 13 --------- Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 497 --------- Section 13 of Pakistan Arms Ordinance, 1965, in its entirety, was a bail-able offence. THIS ORDER PASSED BY: NOOR-UL-HAQ N. QURESHI, JUSTICE:---------- The following are the reasons of my short order of even date. 2. Through the present petition, the petitioner seeks post arrest bail in connection with FIR No. 354 dated 05.09.2015 under sections 13/20, A.O. and 420/468/471/188, P.P.C. registered at Police Station, Koral, Islamabad. 3. It is alleged in the above FIR by Syed Sajjad Haider Bukhari, Inspector that during search operation, local police raided the shop of Khokhar Arms Dealer, where variety of illegal weapons was found, which was taken into possession. It is further alleged that petitioner is using his father's license for the sale and purchase of arms. 4. The petitioner, along with four others, filed petition for post arrest bail, which was dismissed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III Islamabad (East) to the extent of petitioner, vide order dated 12.09.2015,…
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