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| 2017 SLG 1530 2017 SLD 1530 2017 SCMR 616 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Criminal Petition No. 1099 of 2016, decision Dated: 22nd February, 2017. Heard on: 22nd February, 2017. (On appeal from the judgment Dated 17.10.2016 passed by the Peshawar High Court, Peshawar in Crl. Misc. No. 2381-P of 2016)
MUSHIR ALAM, JUSTICE, DOST MUHAMMAD KHAN, JUSTICE, MAQBOOL BAQAR, JUSTICE
Ghulam Mohayuddin Malik, Senior Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioners. Zahid Yousaf Qureshi, Advocate Supreme Court and Zahir Shah, SI for the State.
Criminal Petition No. 1099 of 2016, decision Dated: 22nd February, 2017. Heard on: 22nd February, 2017. (On appeal from the judgment Dated 17.10.2016 passed by the Peshawar High Court, Peshawar in Crl. Misc. No. 2381-P of 2016)
MUSHIR ALAM, JUSTICE, DOST MUHAMMAD KHAN, JUSTICE, MAQBOOL BAQAR, JUSTICE
Ghulam Mohayuddin Malik, Senior Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioners. Zahid Yousaf Qureshi, Advocate Supreme Court and Zahir Shah, SI for the State.
HAJI SHAHID HUSSAIN AND OTHERS ERS
VS
THE STATE AND ANOTHER --RespondentS
Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)
Section: 497
Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)
Section: 419,420,468,471,34
(a) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898) ---.--- ---.--- -S. 497 ---.--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 419, 420, 468, 471 & 34 ---.--- Cheating by personation, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheating ---.--- Bail, refusal of ---.--- Accused and co-accused persons allegedly operated a fake travel agency, and collected huge sums of money from people desirous of performing Hajj, and subsequently disappeared with the money collected ---.--- Prima facie, accused and co-accused persons were well connected with the crime because no malice or mala fide was attributed to the complainant and other victims, for false implication in the case ---.--- Bail was refused accordingly. (b) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898) ---.--- ---.--- -S. 497 ---.--- Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 419, 420, 468, 471 & 34 ---.--- Fake 'Hajj' and 'Umrah' operators defrauding people ---.--- Bail, refusal of ---.--- Supreme Court denied bail to accused persons and directed that the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter Faith Harmony, should create awareness in the public, particularly of far flung areas, through wide range publicity, both through electronic and print media, at the District, Tehsil and Union Council level indicating the approved and authorized Hajj and Tour Operators listed on the approved list of the Ministry with a fixed quota, also indicating that how much money/fee they could collect from each individual; that the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter Faith Harmony should update its website in English, Urdu and all local languages, conveniently readable and understandable by illiterate people, showing all the details about the duly approved Hajj and Umrah Tour Operators warning the public at large that except those mentioned on the website, no other agency or Tour and Hajj Operator was authorized to make booking or collect money for sending people to perform Hajj or Umrah; that the duly authorized/approved Hajj and Umrah Tour Operators shall display on their offices, the authority letter/license number, date of issue, the quota allotted and the amount chargeable by them, permitted by the Ministry of Religious Affairs…
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