Aziz Ahmed vs State S — 2025 YLR 713 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Aziz Ahmed VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 364-A, 365-A & 34---Kidnapping or abduction for ransom, common intention---Bail, refusal of---Accused were charged for kidnapping the minor son of complainant for ransom---First Information Report had been lodged promptly without any delay---Record showed that on 12.02.2022 ransom of Rs.2,500,000/- was paid, whereafter the abductee was released---Record also reflected that on 18.05.2022, the accused-petitioner along with three others were arrested and a separate case was registered for possession of unlicensed arms and ammunition and that on the disclosure of the accused-petitioner, the house where the abductee was kept was pointed out by him, wherefrom the car used for abduction was also recovered---Accused-petitioner also made disclosure with regard to the receipt and distribution of the ransom amount and got recovered Rs.650,000/- ransom amount from his house, whereafter, the petitioner was identified by the abductee on 25.05.2022 during the Test Identification Parade under the supervision of Judicial Magistrate---Abductee in his statement before the Court also involved and indentified the petitioner to be the person, who abducted him---In view of the evidence available on record, prima facie there appeared reasonable grounds to believe that the petitioner was involved in the abduction of son of complainant for ransom---Petitioner had failed to make out a case for grant of bail at this stage---As far as statutory delay was concerned, record showed that the delay was not merely on the part of the prosecution, but on behalf of the petitioner as well, which on count showed that two years had not yet lapsed, thus the petitioner was not entitled for the grant of bail on statutory ground at this point of time---Application being shorn of merits was dismissed, in circumstances.

Aziz Ahmed vs State S — 2025 YLR 713 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Judgment text as reported

Other judgments reported in 2025 YLR