Salamat Ali Lakho vs State S — 2026 YLR 809 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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Salamat Ali Lakho VS State S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 324, 337-A(i), 337-F(iii), 114, 504, 148 & 149---Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, causing shajjah-i-khafifah, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace abettor present at the time of occurrence, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Bail, grant of---Further inquiry---Allegation against the accused-petitioner was that he along with his co-accused made firing upon the complainant party and caused injuries to two persons---Case involved a solitary firearm injury allegedly inflicted by the applicant on the injured, which struck his right thigh---Whether that injury was of a fatal nature remained undetermined at this stage---Despite the injured being at the mercy of the applicant and other armed co-accused, there was no allegation that the applicant repeated the firing---Consequently, the essential ingredients of the offence under S.324, P.P.C., appeared, primafacie, to be lacking---Thus, the case against the present applicant fell within the scope of further inquiry as contemplated under S.497(2), Cr.P.C---Further it came on record that the applicant had instituted constitutional petition, which was allowed by order dated 23.09.2022---In that order, the Bench directed that a thorough probe be conducted regarding the multiple FIRs registered against the applicant and further ordered that no fresh FIR shall be lodged against him without prior permission of the concerned Judicial Magistrate---Pursuant to the said directions, an inquiry was carried out, which revealed that several false FIRs had indeed been registered against the applicant---In view of these circumstances, coupled with the admitted political rivalry evident from the contents of the FIR, the possibility of the applicant's false implication in the present case, though ultimately to be adjudicated at the stage of trial, could not be ruled out at this stage of bail proceedings---Bail application was allowed, in circumstances.

Salamat Ali Lakho vs State S — 2026 YLR 809 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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