Law: Pakistan Penal Code, 1860

Section: 302, 324, 337-F(i) , 34 , 324, 148, 149

Law: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

Section: 497, 476, 426, 526, 417

Form No.HCJD/C-121 ORDER SHEET LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT                                                              Tariq Saleem Sheikh, J. – The Petitioner was initially arrested in FIR No. 511/2023 dated 4.5.2023, registered at Police Station Saddar, Narowal, under sections 302, 324, 337-F(i) and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). On 11.8.2023, the Additional Sessions Judge, Narowal, granted him post-arrest bail in that case. Subsequently, on 24.10.2023, a second FIR No. 1096/2023 was registered at the same police station on the complaint of Tahir Mehmood under sections 324, 148, and 149 PPC. The Petitioner was nominated as one of the accused and was re-arrested in connection with that matter. The Investigating Officer produced him before the Magistrate, who granted a three-day physical remand. On 15.11.2023, the complainant in FIR No. 511/2023, Imtiaz Ahmad (Respondent No.2), filed an application under section 497(5) Cr.P.C. before the Sessions Court, Narowal, seeking cancellation of the Petitioner’s bail granted on 11.8.2023. The Additional Sessions Judge allowed the application through order dated 17.1.2024. On 20.8.2024, the Petitioner filed Criminal Revision No.49517/2024 before this Court, challenging the cancellation order dated 17.1.2024. Notice was issued to the State and Respondent No.2, and the Court granted the Petitioner interim bail. The matter was adjourned on various dates but was dismissed on 17.4.2025 due to the Petitioner’s non-appearance. The Petitioner has filed the present revision petition challenging the same order dated 17.1.2024 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Narowal. However, the Office has raised a preliminary objection that a second revision petition, after the dismissal of the first, is not maintainable under the law. Opinion of the Court Chapter XXXII of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 confers…