Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)

Section: 497, 498

Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

Section: 364

Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)  Ss. 497 & 498-Bail-- No prima facie evidence against petitioner available to show him guilty of an offence punishable with transportation car death-Bail granted---Penal Code (XLV of 1860) S. 364.   ORDER Nobody appears for the State. Sh. Muhammad Usman was expected to appear in this case. He has not turned up. A word was sent to the office of the Advocate-General. The learned counsel is not present. 2. The petitioner is standing a charge under section 364, P. P. C. It is said that he was last seen in the company of Muhammad Shafi Machchi who has disappeared after that and the allegation is that the petitioner abducted him for the purposes of murder. The learned counsel has placed an uncertified copy of the evidence of Salehi P. W. on this record: His statement shows that the accused and the witness belong to different parties who are mutually antagonistic. The learned counsel submits that even if Salehi is believed no offence under section…