ROHAN AHMAD vs State S — 2022 SCMR 1511 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2022 SCMR 1511 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2022
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: ROHAN AHMAD vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 497---P; S. 11---C; Penal Code (XLV of 1860); Crimes Act (XL of 2016)

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Judgment text as reported

ROHAN AHMAD VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 295-B, 298-C, 120-B, 34 & 109---prevention of electronic Crimes Act (XL of 2016), S. 11---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Disseminating religious beliefs of Qadiani faith through social media and the internet---Bail, refusal of---During investigation it was found that accused used to publicly upload proscribed defiled translation of the Holy Quran, blasphemous books and other material and also created a link to an online storage drive and disseminated it through a WhatsApp number, which was registered against his name---Co-accused used to provide blasphemous content for online competitions through an email address and the number mentioned in that email was registered against his name; he also created a WhatsApp group and used to supervise and pass instructions regarding the quiz competitions through WhatsApp; and he disseminated defiled translation of the Holy Quran through WhatsApp---As regards role of the other co-accused, during investigation it was found that he prepared the quiz questions and papers of proscribed material and disseminated the same to the accused and co-accused through his email---Prosecution had sufficient material on record to connect the accused and both the co-accused with the alleged crime and in the circumstances, they were not entitled for grant of bail---Petitions for leave to appeal were dismissed, leave was refused, and accused and both co-accused persons were refused bail.

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