MUHAMMAD SAEED vs State S — 2025 SCMR 629 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 SCMR 629 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: MUHAMMAD SAEED vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 498---P; Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD SAEED VS State S. 498---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324 & 337F (ii)---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 185 (3)---Attempt to Commit qatl-i-amd and ghayr jaifah badi'ah---Petition for cancellation of pre-arrest bail, dismissal of---Further inquiry, case of---Cross-version---Non-recovery of crime empty---Petitioner/complainant was aggrieved of grant of pre-arrest bail to respondent/accused by High Court---Validity---No crime empty was recovered from place of occurrence---Nothing remained to be recovered from respondent/accused as weapon allegedly used in commission of offence had already been taken into possession by police during investigation---High Court rightly observed that tentative assessment of incriminating material when considered alongside the stance of respondent/accused narrated in cross-version, prima facie indicated that case fell within the ambit of further inquiry---Such observation of High Court was in accordance with the material available on record and not contrary to it---Prosecution failed to present sufficient incriminating material to connect respondent/accused with commission of alleged offence---Supreme Court declined to interfere in bail granted by High Court as the order was neither perverse, nor against any settled principle of law---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed and leave was refused.

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