Case Details

Citation(s)
1992 SLG 266 1992 SLD 266 1992 SCMR 2192
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Criminal Appeals Nos.221-K, 222-K and 1-K of 1992, decisiondated: 11-08-1992, hearing DATE : 30-06-1992
PRESETNASIM HASAN SHAH, SHAFIUR RAHMAN, AJMAL MIAN, RUSTAM S. SIDHWA AND SAJJAD ALI SHAH, JJ
Aftab Akhund, A. G. Sindh arid RA. Qureshi, Advocate-on-Record (absent) for Appellant. Abdul Mujeeb Pirzada, Advocate Supreme Court and N.C. Motiani, Advocate-on-Record (absent) for
Respondents. M.B. Zaman and Raja Muhammad Anwar, Senior Advocates Supreme

THE STATEvsSyed QAIM ALL SHAHCriminal Appeal No.1K of 1992THE STATEvsSHAH NAWAZ KHAN JUNEJO

Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)

Section: 497,497(1).561A

Law: Suppression of Terrorist activities (Special Courts) Act, 1975

Section: 7(1),5A(8),7,Preamble

(a) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)---S. 497(1), first proviso---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185(3)---Leave to appeal was granted to consider the question whether the ratio of, in case of Muhammad Aslam v. The State 1991 SCMR 599 could be pressed into service in the case and whether a person facing trial before a Special Court constituted under Suppression of Terrorists Activities Act, 1975 could seek bail on-medical ground under S.497(1), first proviso, Cr.P.C. Muhammad Aslam v. The State 1991 SCMR 599 ref. (b) Suppression of Terrorist Activities (Special Courts) Act (XV of 1975)-- ----Ss. 5A(8) & 7---Analysis of Ss. 5A(8) & 7---Expression "or by any other Court" employed in S.5A(8) after the words "Special Court" includes the High Court subject to what has been provided in S.7. (c) Suppression of Terrorist Activities (Special Courts) Act (XV of 1975)-- ----S. 7(1)---"No Court" in S.7(1) includes High Court. The expression "no Court" will include High Court, as the High Court as an appellate Court has the power under section 423, Cr.P.C. to pass appropriate order, the application of which section has not been excluded under the second part of subsection (1) of section 7 of the Suppression of Terrorist Activities (Special Courts) Act, 1975. (d) Suppression of Terrorist Activities (Special Courts) Act (XV of 1975)-­ ----S. 7(1)---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss. 497(1) & 561-A---High Court has the power to press into service 5.497, Cr.P.C. with its provisos during the pendency of trial before the Special Court---Section 561-A, Cr.P.C. however, can also be pressed into service in an appropriate case. Muhammad Aslam v. The State 1991 SCMR 599; Riasat Ali v. Ghulam Muhammad PLD 1968 SC 353; Mirza Jawad Beg v. The State PLD 1975 Kar. 628; Emperor v. Banoari Lai Sarnia and others AIR 1943 FC 36; The Commissioner, Khairpur Division, Khairpur and another v. Ali Sher Sarki PLD 1971 SC 242; The Sindh Employees' Social Institution and another v. Adamjee Cotton Mills Ltd. PLD 1975 SC 32; Shahzad Hussain and Another v. The State PLD 1980 Lah. 54; Gul Muhammad and 2 others v. The State 1987 PCr.LJ 737; Abdul Hafeez Pirzada v. The State. 1987…
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