SALMAN MUSHTAQ vs State S — 2024 SCMR 14 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2024 SCMR 14 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2024
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: SALMAN MUSHTAQ vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 497---C

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Judgment text as reported

SALMAN MUSHTAQ VS State S. 497---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185(3)---Bail---Expression "reasonable grounds" as contained under section 497, Cr.P.C.---Scope---Said expression obligates the prosecution to unveil sufficient material or evidence to divulge that the accused has committed an offence falling within the prohibitory clause of section 497, Cr.P.C.---However, for seeking the concession of bail, the accused person has to show that the evidence collected against him during the investigation gives rise to clear-headed suspicions regarding his involvement---While deciding bail applications, it is the elementary duty of the courts to apply a judicious mind tentatively to reach a just and proper conclusion on whether reasonable grounds are made out to enlarge the accused on bail---Axiom 'reasonable grounds' connotes and associates those grounds that are legally acceptable and based on reasons that attract the judicial mind, as opposed to being imaginative, fallacious and/or presumptuous.

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