2019 Y L R 2374
[Balochistan]
Before Rozi Khan Barrech, J
ABDULLAH KHAN---Applicant
Versus
GHULAM JAN and 2 others---Respondents
Criminal Bail Cancellation No.331 of 2019, decided on 28th June, 2019.
(a) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)---
----S. 497(5)---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Bail, cancellation
of--- Unwitnessed occurrence---Absconsion---Recovery of weapon of offence---Further inquiry---Scope---No
one had witnessed the occurrence and the accused persons were booked on the basis of presumption---No
recovery whatsoever was effected from the accused persons---Prima facie, case against accused persons was
of further inquiry---Accused persons were not bound to explain the motive of their false implication---Mere
absconsion was not sufficient ground to connect absconder/ accused with the offence---No reasonable
grounds existed for cancellation of bail granted to accused persons---Petition for cancellation of bail was
dismissed.
(b) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)---
----S. 497(5)---Bail, cancellation of---Grounds enumerated.
Following are the grounds normally taken into consideration for cancellation of bail.
i)that bail was granted by a court having no jurisdiction to grant it;
ii)that the accused had misused the concession of bail and was causing fear and alarm to the complainant and
the prosecution witnesses;
iii) that the accused on bail hampered the investigation;
iv)that there was likelihood of witnesses being wonover and their evidence being tampered with;
v)that the accused was likely to abscond after grant of bail;
vi) that the accused was implicated as the principal offender in several cases which badly affect the society at
large, such as in the case of heroin and smuggling; and
vii) that the order granting bail was arbitrary, capricious and against the evidence available with the
prosecution. [p. 2375] D
Ali Hassan Bugti for Applicant.
Date of hearing: 24th June, 2019.
ORDER
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to the accused/respondents vide order dated 7th May 2019 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-III,
Quetta ("trial court") in FIR No. 14 of 2014 registered at Police Station Satellite Town, Quetta under Sections
302 read with 34, P.P.C.
2. Briefly stated facts of the case are that a case was registered vide FIR No.14 of 2014 on 12.01.2014 on the
complaint of the applicant Abdullah against the accused/respondents alleging therein that on the said date at
11:00 am he received telephone call that his son has been murdered and his dead body is lying at Civil
Hospital Quetta. He rushed to the hospital, where he found they dead body of his son Sajid Ali. It is further
alleged in the FIR that there exists enmity between them and Abdul Razzaq, his sons Sanaullah and nephews
Ghulam Jan and Attaullah over relationship, and he believe that the above mentioned accused persons had
murdered his son. Consequently the FIR was lodged.
After completion of the investigation the challan was submitted before the trial court. On 06.05.2019 the
accused/respondents were arrested, who moved an application before the trial court under Section 497,
Cr.P.C. for grant of post arrest bail, which was accepted by the trial court vide impugned order dated
27.05.2019. Hence this application.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused/respondents are nominated in the FIR and there
was previous enmity between the accused and complainant party on basis whereof the nominated accused
persons committed murder of complainant's son. He further argued that the accused/respondents remained
absconders for the last many years and on this ground as well they were not entitled for concession of bail.
He finally urged that after recalling the bail granting order passed by the trial court the accused/respondents
be taken into custody.
4. I have heard the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the applicant and have also perused the record
available on case file. The accused/ respondents were booked in the case FIR in hand only on the basis that,
there was previous enmity between them and the accused persons over relationships, while on the other hand
the dead body of the deceased was found in the area of Police Station Satellite Town Quetta. No one had
witnessed the occurrence and the accused/respondents have been booked on basis of presumptions. Since, no
recovery whatsoever has been affected from the accused/respondents therefore, the trial court, while granting
bail to the accused/ respondents has opined that the case against them falls within the ambit of further inquiry.
So prima-facie on basis of tentative assessment made for considering bail, the case of accused/respondents is
that of further inquiry. As far as the motive is concerned, that has to be proved firstly by the prosecution, in a
criminal case and the burden to prove the same cannot be placed and shifted on the shoulders of the
accused/respondents, therefore the accused are not bound to explain the motive of their false implication.
Mere abscondance of the accused/respondents could not be treated as sufficient ground for holding them to
be prima-facie connected with the offence under Section 302, P.P.C.
5. The principles governing the grant and cancellation of bail are absolutely different and the grounds which
may not be found favourable for allowing concession of bail to a person would not necessarily be good
grounds for cancellation of bail. Normally the grounds which are taken into consideration for cancellation of
bail are:
i)bail was granted by a court having no jurisdiction to grant it;
ii)the applicant has misused the concession of bail and is causing fear and alarm to
the complainant and the prosecution witnesses;
iii) the accused on bail hampers the investigation;
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v)the accused was likely to abscond after grant of bail;
vi) the accused was implicated as the principal offender in several cases which badly affect the society at
large, such as in the case of heroin smuggling; and
vii) the order granting the bail was arbitrary, capricious and against the evidence available with the
prosecution.
6. As, a result of above discussion, I feel no hesitation in holding that the learned counsel for the applicant
failed to demonstrate that the bail granting order is patently illegal, erroneous, factually incorrect and has
resulted in miscarriage of justice. No reasonable ground exists for the cancellation of bail granted to the
respondents. Consequently, the application is dismissed.
SA/46/Bal. Petition dismissed.
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