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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---B; S. 497---P; S. 11---C; Penal Code (XLV of 1860); Electronic Crimes Act (XL of 2016)

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Judgment text as reported

ROHAN AHMAD VS State S. 497---Bail---Evidence, appraisal of---Scope---At bail stage court is not meant to dig deep into the evidence or to scrutinize factual aspects of the case, which is the responsibility of the Trial Court and requires evidence to be adduced from both sides. Head NotesCase Description Citation Name: 2022 SCMR 1511 SUPREME-COURTBookmark this Case 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. Head NotesCase Description

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