Haq Nawaz vs State S — 2025 YLR 673 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 673 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Haq Nawaz vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 497---P; S. 497; Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

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Judgment text as reported

Haq Nawaz VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Bail, grant of---Statutory ground of delay in conclusion of trial---Allegations against the petitioner was that he along with co-accused committed murder of the son of complainant by firing---Record showed that the petitioner was arrested on 19.01.2022---Trial had not concluded although more than two years and seven months had elapsed---Certified copies of the interim orders produced on behalf of the petitioner showed that the petitioner sought only a couple of adjournments during the said period---Delay in concluding the trial was largely attributable to the other accused who were on bail---Prosecutor had confirmed that the petitioner was neither a previous convict nor a hardened, desperate, or dangerous criminal and not an accused in any case of terrorism punishable with death or imprisonment for life---Thus, the case of petitioner did not fall within the exceptions mentioned in the fourth proviso to S.497(1), Cr.P.C.---Bail application was allowed in circumstances.

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