Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)

Section: 497 , 365/325/34

Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)-- ---S.497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S.365/325/34---Bail---Accused in jail for two months and no longer required by police ---Co-accused alleged to have kidnapped and confined abductee had already been bailed out---Accused was allegedly armed with a knife, but no knife injury was attributed to him and was assigned a blunt weapon injury---Bail cannot be refused as punishment---Accused was admitted to bail in circumstances. Rana Hassan Ali Mahmood for Petitioner. Hussain Ameen Lodhi for the State. ORDER The brief facts of the bail application are that an F.I.R. No. 49/88 was registered at P.S. Dera Nawab Sahib on 22-9-1988 under section 365/325/34, P.P.C., by Atta Mohammad complainant. It was alleged therein that one Muhammad Aslam s/o Atta Muhammad was forcibly abducted by Muhammad Tufail, Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Arshad, all accused in the F.I.R, stated above, and that the said abductee was confined to a room in the house of Mohammad Tufail stated herein and on being rescued the abductee was found to have suffered eight injuries, one of which was declared to be grievous for being a broken leg. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the other co -accused who are accused of abduction and illegal confinement of the said abductee are already on bail. He further contends that the petitioner is accused of wielding…