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MUHAMMAD YASIR vs State S — 2023 PCrLJN 26 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation
2023 PCrLJN 26 ISLAMABAD
Court
Islamabad High Court
Year
2023
Parties
MUHAMMAD YASIR vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 497---; Crimes Act (XL of 2016)

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD YASIR VS State S. 497---prevention of electronic Crimes Act (XL of 2016), Ss. 21 & 22---Offences against modesty of a natural person and minor---Child pornography--- Bail, grant of---Pornography featuring foreign children---Scope---Accused was alleged to have shared material constituting child pornography---Held; there was no need for a victim to file a complaint as it was the State that prosecuted, a citizen on behalf of society and the cognizance of the offence by the State did not constitute an infirmity that entitled the accused to be granted bail---Child pornography the world over was considered a very serious offence and merely because the identity of the victims who were objects of the pornographic material remained to be verified was also no ground for grant of bail---Constituent element of the offence that the accused was charged with involved sharing pornographic material and not the making or creation of such material---Just because the accused was not involved in making the videos featuring children in pornographic video was no ground for grant of bail---Children featuring the material were not members of our society or community consequently, High Court observed that there was no imminent threat to the members of the society in the event that the accused was released on bail pending trial---Petition for grant of bail was allowed.

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