Syed ZULQARNAIN SHAH vs State S — 2022 PCrLJN 112 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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Syed ZULQARNAIN SHAH VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 409, 477-A & 34---Prevention of Corruption Act (II of 1947), S. 5---Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent, falsification of accounts, common intention---Criminal misconduct---Bail, grant of---Delayed FIR---Further inquiry---Scope---Accused, a Sub-Accountant, was alleged to have illegally issued an Identification Number to an employee, who had allegedly obtained salaries from a school---Inordinate delay of seven years in lodgment of the FIR was not explained by the prosecution---Investigating Officer had stated that no material was collected during the investigation to show that the accused was beneficiary and as to how much amount was misappropriated or embezzled---Apart from accused, no other officer/official from the District Accounts Office was associated to the investigation---Offence with which the accused was charged did not fall within the prohibitory clause of S. 497, Cr.P.C.---Case of accused required further inquiry---Petition for grant of bail was allowed, in circumstances.

Syed ZULQARNAIN SHAH vs State S — 2022 PCrLJN 112 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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