2026 PLP 414 (MLD)
Muhammad Azam — Applicant Versus The State — Respondent
| Citation | 2026 PLP 414 (MLD) |
| Forum / Court | Sindh |
| Bench Members | N/A |
| Parties | Muhammad Azam — Applicant Versus The State — Respondent |
| Primary Law | Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898) |
Q1: What are the key laws and sections cited in 2026 PLP 414 (MLD)?
This judgment primarily cites: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898) as referenced in Pakistani case law index.
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Laws Cited
Representation
- 4. Applicant Muhammad Azam son of Muhammad Aslam is present along with his Counsel to seek pre-arrest bail in Crime No. 575/2025 of PS Shah Latif District Malir, Karachi under Sections 147, 148, 149, 448, 511, 506, 504, 380, 457, 337A(i), P.P.C. It is contended that the FIR is filed by one Advocate and supported by two other Advocates. He has filed this bail application in the first instance before the High Court rather than the trial Court in Malir. He has relied upon the Judgment of Hon ble Supreme Court reported in PLD 2009 SC 427 and 2004 SCMR 1167 and two others passed by this (High) Court, namely a pre-arrest interim bail granting order dated 16.05.2025 in Cr. Bail Appln. No.1263/2025; and, another order dated 19.09.2024 for confirming bail in Cr. Bail Appln. No.1308/2024. In both orders passed by this (High) Court, the applicant / accused had attempted to surrender to the trial Court. I have read the application, and there is no articulation of such efforts in the Application. No effort is shown on the part of the applicant/accused to make any attempt to surrender before the competent Court to justify the pre-arrest interim bail which has been filed in the first instance before this (High) Court. No documentary evidence is annexed with the application to demonstrate any resistance on the part of the complainants or otherwise, or any breach of peace concerning the applicant/accused surrendering himself before the trial court. Therefore, no case of pre-arrest bail is made out in the facts and circumstances of the case.
Headnotes / Summary
Ss. 498 & 498-A
Penal Code (XLV of 1860), Ss. 380, 448, 457, 337-A(i), 504, 506, 511, 147, 148 & 149
Theft in a dwelling house, tent, or vessel, house trespass, lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night to commit an offence, causing shajjah-i-khafifah, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace, criminal intimidation, rioting, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly
Protective ad-interim pre-arrest bail, grant of
Accused sought protective ad-interim pre-arrest bail to enable him to appear before the Court
No effort was shown on the part of the applicant/accused to make any attempt to surrender before the competent Court to justify the pre-arrest interim bail which had been filed in the first instance before the High Court
No documentary evidence was annexed with the application to demonstrate any resistance on the part of the complainants or otherwise, or any breach of peace concerning the applicant/accused surrendering himself before the Trial Court
Therefore, no case of pre-arrest bail was made out in the facts and circumstances of the case
Pre-arrest bail was converted into a protective bail and the applicant was granted protective bail for 15 days
Applicant was to surrender before the Trial Court
Petition was disposed of.
Judgment & Decree
Jawad Akbar Sarwana, J.
Urgency is granted.
2. Overruled.
3. Exemption is granted subject to all exceptions.
4. Applicant Muhammad Azam son of Muhammad Aslam is present along with his Counsel to seek pre-arrest bail in Crime No. 575/2025 of PS Shah Latif District Malir, Karachi under Sections 147, 148, 149, 448, 511, 506, 504, 380, 457, 337A(i), P.P.C. It is contended that the FIR is filed by one Advocate and supported by two other Advocates. He has filed this bail application in the first instance before the High Court rather than the trial Court in Malir. He has relied upon the Judgment of Hon ble Supreme Court reported in PLD 2009 SC 427 and 2004 SCMR 1167 and two others passed by this (High) Court, namely a pre-arrest interim bail granting order dated 16.05.2025 in Cr. Bail Appln. No.1263/2025; and, another order dated 19.09.2024 for confirming bail in Cr. Bail Appln. No.1308/2024. In both orders passed by this (High) Court, the applicant / accused had attempted to surrender to the trial Court. I have read the application, and there is no articulation of such efforts in the Application. No effort is shown on the part of the applicant/accused to make any attempt to surrender before the competent Court to justify the pre-arrest interim bail which has been filed in the first instance before this (High) Court. No documentary evidence is annexed with the application to demonstrate any resistance on the part of the complainants or otherwise, or any breach of peace concerning the applicant/accused surrendering himself before the trial court. Therefore, no case of pre-arrest bail is made out in the facts and circumstances of the case. Without touching the merits of the case, this pre-arrest bail is converted into a protective bail, and the applicant above named is granted protective bail for 15 days from today, subject to furnishing a solvent surety in the sum of Rs.50,000/- and a PR bond in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Nazir of this Court. This protective bail shall remain in force for 15 days from today or the date on which the applicants will surrender before the trial court, whichever is earlier. The Cr. Bail Application is treated as a protective bail application and is disposed of. JK/M-111/Sindh Order accordingly.