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| 2025 SLG 1085 2025 SLD 1085 = 2025 LHC 2561 = 2025 PCRLJ 1253 |
Criminal Misc. No. 9011-B of 2025
SULTAN TANVIR AHMAD, J
Date of hearing 13.03.2025 Petitioner by Mr. Amir Saeed Rawn, learned ASC. Petitioner in person
Respondents by Mr. Abdul Samad, learned Additional Prosecutor General, Ms. Tahira Parveen, learned DPP alongwith Fakhar Abbas C.O / HQ and Abdul Majeed D.D.L, ACE, Lahore Amicus Curiae Barrister Haroon Dugal and Barrister Haroon Mumtaz.
Rai Mumtaz Hussain Babar
VERSUS
The State and another
Law: Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1898
Section: 498-A
Law: Pakistan Penal Code, 1860
Section: 420, 468, 471, 161, 162, 34
Law: Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
Section: 5(2)
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 4,9,10-A,25
Summary of the Case:
This is a pre-arrest bail petition filed under Section 498 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) by the petitioner in FIR No. 09/2023 registered under multiple sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 at Police Station Anti-Corruption, Lahore. The learned Senior Special Judge (Anti-Corruption), Lahore, had already rejected the pre-arrest bail earlier due to the petitioner's long abscondence, non-compliance with court orders, and absence during proceedings.
Although co-accused individuals were granted bail (either pre-arrest or post-arrest) under the rule of consistency, the present petition was dismissed due to the petitioner’s misuse of process, repeated absences, and delay in seeking relief.
The Court emphasized that: