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UMER KHAN vs State S — 2022 SCMR 216 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2022 SCMR 216 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2022
Reporter
SCMR
Parties
UMER KHAN vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 497---C; S. 22; S. 497; Crimes Act (XL of 2016)

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Judgment text as reported

UMER KHAN VS State S. 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---prevention ofelectronic Crimes Act (XL of 2016), S. 22(1)---Sharing child pornography on social media through a mobile device---Bail, refusal of---Social media platform over which the accused allegedly shared the content itself contacted the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and provided the information against the accused, upon which the FIA had inquired into the matter---Mobile phone ofthe accused was taken into possession and was sent to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and according to the report of the FSL, the social media profile of the accused was found active on his mobile phone and child pornographic videos and images were also extracted therefrom---Mobile numbers which the accused was using in his mobile device were also found, active and the same were registered in his name---Although the offence with which the accused had been charged did not fall within the prohibitory clause of S. 497, Cr.P.C. and the maximum punishment for the same was seven years but keeping in view the nature of accusation, its impact on the society and the material collected so far merited the case to fall within the exception of granting bail where offence fell within the non-prohibitory clause---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed and bail was refused.

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