LIAQAT ALI vs NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S — 2023 YLR 637 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2023 YLR 637 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: YLR
Parties: LIAQAT ALI vs NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 401---P; S. 401; S. 9

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Judgment text as reported

LIAQAT ALI VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 401---Pakistan Prisons Rules, 1978, Rr.143 & 146---Suspending or remitting sentence---Bail, grant of---Powers of Provincial Government--- Scope---Provincial Government and jail authorities, under S. 401, Cr.P.C., as well as Rr. 143 & 146 of Pakistan Prison Rules, 1978, have ample power to release any prisoner by suspension or remission of sentence or grant of bail, where circumstances, so warrant. Citation Name: 2023 YLR 637 ISLAMABADBookmark this Case LIAQAT ALI VS NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU S. 9(b)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Bail, grant of---Pandemic---Unhygienic living conditions---Petitioners sought their release on bail due to pandemic and unhygienic living conditions in jail---Validity---Central Jail, Rawalpindi (Adyala Jail) was over-crowded and prisoners were packed in small cells without basic facilities---Health care facilities, provided in jail hospital were not up to the mark---If any one prisoner had become Corona Virus positive, chances of spreading of the same to entire prison population or persons coming in contact with him, were immense---All over the world, policy of social distancing and self-quarantine was being promoted, which could not even be imagined in a place like Adyala Jail---High Court allowed all petitioners to be released on bail---Constitutional petition was allowed in circumstances.

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