SAAD SUMAIR vs NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB) Ss — 2022 PLD 371 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2022 PLD 371 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: PLD
Parties: SAAD SUMAIR vs NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB) Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

SAAD SUMAIR VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB) Ss. 9 & 25---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 199 & 13---Corruption and corrupt practices---Protection against double punishment and self-incrimination---Voluntary return and plea bargain---Threat of arrest---Pre-arrest bail, grant of---Contents of the call-up notice reflected that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authorities were seeking a plea bargain affidavit from the accused and his failure to provide the same might have resulted in the issuance of his warrant for arrest---High Court observed that this fell foul of the guarantee under Art. 13 of the Constitution, which provided that no person when accused of an offence would be forced to be a witness against himself---Use of threat of arrest to coerce an accused into admitting an offence was violative of Article 13 and a mala fide exercise of state's arrest power---Accused was admitted to pre-arrest bail, in circumstances.

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