Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)

Section: 497, 498

Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898) Ss. 497 & 498-Bail-Occurrence taking place in form of fight- Injured prosecution witnesses filing affidavits advancing entirely different version as to petitioners not being assailants but some other people-Bail granted to petitioners in circumstances of case --Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 302/307/325/452/148/149.                                                                                                                       ORDER A case is registered against the petitioners under section 302/307/325/452/148/149, P. P. C. at Police Station Lodhran, District Multan, on the 14th of June, 1978. The allegation is that from amongst the petitioners five were armed with hatchets, the other five with solos, one with harehi one with kaseola, and two with revolvers. From one, namely Syed Ali Raza Shah petitioner No. 2, revolver had been snatched in an earlier incident and Said Shah petitioner No. 2 is not described as having carried any weapon. From the perusal of the F. I. R. it appears that there was some dispute pertaining to the possession of land between the parties and the occurrence took place in the form of a fight. On the complainant side Muhammad Bakhsh died in the course of the occurrence whereas three other persons, namely. Ghulam Rasool, Rahim Bakhsh and Muhammad Nawaz P. Ws. were injured and on the accused side five persons were injured, namely, Syed Ali Raza Shah, Said Shah, Hazoor Shah, Muhammad Shafi and Muhammad Sharif petitioner. They had injuries on their persons. There are three…