Bail Granted on the ground of four days delay in lodging FIR
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This case involved a man named Altaf Hussain, alias Atti, who was accused of attempting to rape a young woman, the daughter of the person who filed the police complaint. He was charged under Pakistan's Penal Code sections dealing with rape and attempt to commit an offense, and was arrested. He then applied to the Lahore High Court's Multan Bench for post-arrest bail, asking to be released while the case proceeded.
The court granted him bail. It gave several reasons for this decision. First, the alleged victim was never taken for a medical examination, so there was no medical evidence confirming an attempted rape had occurred. Second, although the police report claimed the victim's clothes were torn and the string of her shalwar (a type of trouser) was broken, these torn clothes were never actually produced or shown to the investigating officer. Third, there was an unexplained four-day delay between the alleged incident and the filing of the police complaint, which the complainant did not account for.
Taken together, the court found these gaps cast serious doubt on the case against the petitioner at this stage. As a result, he was granted bail on furnishing bond of Rs. 50,000 with one surety. This case illustrates how delays in reporting crimes and lack of supporting evidence can influence bail decisions in serious criminal cases in Pakistan.
یہ مقدمہ الطاف حسین المعروف عطی نامی شخص سے متعلق ہے جس پر ایک نوجوان لڑکی، جو مقدمہ درج کرانے والے شخص کی بیٹی تھی، کی عصمت دری کی کوشش کا الزام تھا۔ اسے پاکستان پینل کوڈ کی ان دفعات کے تحت نامزد کیا گیا جو زنا بالجبر اور کسی جرم کے ارتکاب کی کوشش سے متعلق ہیں، اور اسے گرفتار کر لیا گیا۔ اس کے بعد اس نے لاہور ہائی کورٹ کے ملتان بینچ میں ضمانت بعد از گرفتاری کے لیے درخواست دی، جس میں مقدمے کی کارروائی جاری رہنے کے دوران رہائی کی استدعا کی گئی۔
عدالت نے اسے ضمانت دے دی۔ اس فیصلے کے لیے عدالت نے کئی وجوہات بیان کیں۔ پہلی وجہ یہ تھی کہ مدعیہ کو کبھی طبی معائنے کے لیے نہیں لے جایا گیا، اس لیے عصمت دری کی کوشش کی تصدیق کرنے والا کوئی طبی ثبوت موجود نہیں تھا۔ دوسری وجہ یہ تھی کہ اگرچہ پولیس رپورٹ میں یہ دعویٰ کیا گیا تھا کہ مدعیہ کے کپڑے پھٹے ہوئے تھے اور اس کی شلوار کا نالہ ٹوٹا ہوا تھا
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PLJ 2015 Cr.C . ( Lahore ) 339 [ Multan Bench Multan ] Present: Syed Muhammad Kazim Raza Shamsi , J. ALTAF HUSSAIN alias ATTI --Petitioner versus STATE and another --Respondents Crl . Misc. No. 6501-B of 2013, decided on 16.1.2014. Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (V of 1898)-- ----S. 497--Pakistan Penal Code, (XLV of 1860), Ss. 376 & 511--Bail, grant of--Allegedly petitioner has attempted to molest the modesty of daughter of complainant so has been booked in case which was registered at Police Station under Sections 376 & 511, PPC, in which case petitioner prays for his release on post arrest bail which request has been accepted on ground that victim was not produced for her medical examination to determine attempt allegedly made by petitioner to rape her; that according to FIR, clothes of victim were torn and string of shalwar was found broken but these clothes were not produced before Investigating Officer and that delay for four days in lodging FIR has not been explained by complainant which casts serious doubt about implication of petitioner in commission of offence--Bail was granted. [P. 340] A Kh . Qaiser Butt , Advocate for Petitioner. Ch. Muhammad Akbar , D.P.G. for State. Malik Muhammad Akram Khand , Advocate for Complainant. Date of hearing: 16.1.2014. Order Allegedly the petitioner Altaf Hussain alias Atti has attempted to molest the modesty of Mst . Rasham Bibi , the daughter of the complainant so has been booked in case FIR No. 495 dated 8.9.2013 which was registered at Police Station Jalalpur Pir Wala , District Multan under Sections 376 & 511, PPC, in which case the petitioner prays for his release on post arrest bail which request has been accepted on the ground that the victim was not produced for her medical examination to determine the attempt allegedly made by the petitioner to rape her; that according to the FIR, the clothes of the victim were torn and the string of the shalwar was found broken but these clothes were not produced before the Investigating Officer and that delay for four days in lodging the FIR has not been explained by the complainant which casts serious doubt about the implication of the petitioner in the commission of offence. The petitioner is directed to furnish bail bonds in the sum of Rs.50 ,000 /- with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court. (A.S.) Bail granted