Case Details

Citation(s)
2019 SLG 2331 2019 SLD 2331 2019 PLJ 297
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Petition No. 639 of 2019, decision & hearing Dated: 26.03.2019. (Against the order Dated 25.02.2019 passed by the Islamabad High Court, Islamabad in Writ Petition No. 352 of 2019)
SAJJAD ALI SHAH, JUSTICE YAHYA AFRIDI, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by: Khawaja Haris Ahmad, Sr. ASC, Mr. Muhammad Zubair Khalid, ASC
Respondent(s) by: Mr. Nayyar Rizvi, Additional Prosecutor-General, Accountability, Mr. Jehanzeb Barwana, Special

MIAN MUHAMMAD NAWAZ SHARIF

VS

STATE, ETC.

Law: National Accountability Ordinance, 1999

Section: 9(a)(v),14(c)

National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 (XVIII of 1999)-- ----Ss. 9(a)(v) & 14(c)--Petition for suspension of sentence and releasing on bail for a limited period--Dismissed--Conviction of--Challenge of conviction--Filing of writ petition during pendency of appeal--History of various ailments--Reports of medical boards--Medical reports of petitioner brought on record of case do suggest that he has a long history of various ailments including cardiac complications, kidney problem, hypertension and diabetes--It has clearly been mentioned in such reports that while undergoing angiography petitioner "will be at a mild moderate risk of contrast including nephropathy"--In this peculiar backdrop, and extending due deference to consistent medical opinion of senior doctors available on record, prayer made by learned counsel for petitioner regarding admission of petitioner to bail upon suspension of his sentence for a limited period has been found by us to be reasonable--Appeal was allowed. THIS ORDER PASSED BY: ASIF SAEED KHAN KHOSA, CJ.- Civil Miscellaneous Application No. 2667 of 2019 This miscellaneous application is allowed and the document appended therewith is permitted to be brought on the record of the main petition. Disposed of. Civil Miscellaneous Application No. 2265 of 2019 2. This miscellaneous application is allowed and the concise statement of Respondent No. 2 appended therewith is allowed to be brought on the record of the main petition. Disposed of. Civil Petition No. 639 of 2019 3. Through this petition Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif petitioner has sought leave to appeal against the order dated 25.02.2019 passed by a learned Division Bench of the Islamabad High Court, Islamabad in Writ Petition No. 352 of 2019 whereby a prayer made by him regarding suspension of sentence and release on bail in a pending criminal appeal against his conviction and sentence was dismissed. 4. The petitioner had been convicted by the Accountability Court-II, Islamabad in Reference No. 19 of 2017 in respect of an offence under section 9(a)(v) read with Section 14(c) of the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 and was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for seven years and…
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