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ZULFIQAR ALI vs State S — 2022 PCrLJ 653 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2022 PCrLJ 653 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2022
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
ZULFIQAR ALI vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 498---P; S. 497

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Judgment text as reported

ZULFIQAR ALI VS State S. 498---Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order (4 of 1979), Arts. 3 & 4---Prohibition of manufacture, etc, of intoxicants---Owning or possessing intoxicants---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Non-availability of chemical examination report---Non-association of independent witnesses---Scope---Prosecution case was that the accused was in possession of six big and small cartons of water; that he, on seeing the police party, escaped from the spot; that the police secured the said property containing several bottles of wine---Alleged material was not exclusively recovered from the possession of the accused---Chemical Examiner's report with regard to the alleged material was not available in police file---Alleged incident had taken place in broad daylight and populated area but despite that the complainant did not bother to associate any independent person of the locality to witness the event---Offences under which the accused was booked did not fall within the ambit of prohibitory clause of S. 497, Cr.P.C.---Grant of bail was a rule and refusal was an exception in such like cases and no exceptional ground appeared in the case to withhold the bail---Bail application was allowed, in circumstances.

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