MASOOD JILLANI vs State S — 2022 PCrLJ 26 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2022 PCrLJ 26 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: MASOOD JILLANI vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 497---P; S. 5---C; S. 468; S. 5; Penal Code (XLV of 1860); Corruption Act (II of 1947); Corruption Act

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Judgment text as reported

MASOOD JILLANI VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 420, 468, 471 & 477-A---Prevention of Corruption Act (II of 1947), S. 5---Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheating, using as genuine a forged document, falsification of accounts---Criminal misconduct---Bail, grant of---Scope---Accused persons were alleged to have been involved in the fraudulent allotment of plots of the Development Authority---Offences under Ss. 420, 471 & 477-A, P.P.C. were bailable---As far as S. 468, P.P.C. and S. 5(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, were concerned, it was confirmed by the Investigating Officer that there was no evidence available on record which depicted that the accused persons themselves had prepared any forged document or had received illegal gratification from any person---Only allegation against the accused persons was that during their posting in the Accountants Directorate they had forwarded the Pay Orders for encashment to the Bank and the amount was credited in the account of Development Authority---Investigating Officer had stated that the accused persons had admitted that they had changed the dates on the Pay Orders---Confession made before a person in authority and confession made against co-accused was inadmissible and such a confession was hit by Art. 38 of Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984---Documentary evidence had already been collected by the Investigating Officer---Investigation in the case was complete and the accused persons were not required to the police for further investigation---Petition for grant of bail was accepted, in circumstances.

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