CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU vs NISAR AHMED PATHAN Ss — 2022 PLD 475 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2022 PLD 475 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2022
Reporter: PLD
Parties: CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU vs NISAR AHMED PATHAN Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999); National Accountability Ordinance

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Judgment text as reported

CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU VS NISAR AHMED PATHAN Ss. 497 & 498---National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999), Ss. 9 & 10---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 9, 10, 10A, 14 & 199---National Accountability Bureau Reference---Bail---Constitutional petition before the High Court seeking grant of bail---Principles---In NAB cases, the standard of "reasonable grounds" for making a tentative assessment of the material available on record to decide in constitutional jurisdiction under Article 199 of the Constitution, the question of detaining an accused in prison, or admitting him to bail, during his trial for the alleged offence under the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 ('the Ordinance') is not borrowed from section 497, Cr.P.C., rather it emanates from the fundamental rights to liberty, dignity, fair trial and protection against arbitrary detention guaranteed by the Constitution under Articles 9, 10, 10-A & 14 and from the operational scheme of the Ordinance.

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