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| 2025 SLG 1149 2025 SLD 1149 = 2025 SCP 149 |
Criminal Petition No.876/2022 (Against the order/judgment dated 27.05.2022 passed by the High Court of Balochistan, Quetta, in crl. Revision (T) No. 5/2022)
PRESENT: Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Raja Muhammad Farooq, ASC For the State: Syed Pervaiz Bukhari, State Counsel Date of Hearing: 14.04.2025
Altaf Hussain Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
The State Respondent(s)
Law: Fisheries Ordinance, 1971.
Section: 3, 3(2), 9
The judgment concerns a petition filed by Altaf Hussain challenging the confiscation of a trawler (registration number B-16922) involved in illegal fishing activities under the Balochistan Sea Fisheries Ordinance, 1971. The trawler was seized following an FIR registered on 06.10.2021, where the accused were found fishing illegally with prohibited wire nets within three nautical miles of Zarrain mountain, violating Sections 3 and 9 of the Ordinance.
Key points from the judgment include:
The relevant law prohibits fishing with encircling nets or wire nets, or trawling within specified coastal limits without a valid license. Violations can result in imprisonment up to one year, fines up to 100,000 rupees, or both, and the confiscation of the fishing craft and banned gear, with destruction of the gear and auction of the vessel upon conviction.