Bail Before Arrest in 302, 324, 353, 34 PPC

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT & SESSION JUDGE AT KARACHI EAST

B.B.A. No.               /2012

USMAN Ali Khan                    ………..………………            APPLICANT

VERSUS

The STATE                                    ………………………         RESPONDENT

FIR No. 100/11

             U/S. 302/324/353/186/34 PPC

P.S. Bahadurabad

                                                                                               

THIS IS 2^nd. BAIL

BEFORE APPLICATION

                         

                         

BAIL BEFORE ARREST APPLICATION

U/S. 498 CRPC

On behalf of the Applicant above named, it is respectfully submitted that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to enlarge him on bail in consideration of the following facts and grounds: -

BRIEF FACTS

As per an FIR, the Complainant, SI, Ghulam Asghar stated:

“I was patrolling along with PC Abdul Hameed, Driver, HC, Abdul Razzaq with Mobile Vehicle No. 4972 in the area, during patrolling at 1700 hrs, PC Irfanullah was informed on telephone that PC Taj Muhammad were on patrolling duty on Motor Cycle and when they came near to Kingri House Ameer Khusri Road, one Suzuki Car golden color coming from Gulshan, in which four boys were sitting. PC Taj Muhammad suspected and stop in order to make their personal search, one of the accused out of four fired on PC Taj Muhammad who became injured and accused escaped away in car No. ANM 215, thereafter complaint along with police employees stopped the car, the accused persons came out of the car and tried to escape from the place, on seeing such situation, police party made Arial firing; due to this police party apprehended the two accused and the other two succeeded to escape from place of wardat. Hence this report.”

True Copy of Certified FIR No.100/11 is annexed herewith and marked as Annexure “A/1-A”.

GROUNDS

1.                  That the Applicant is quite innocent and story in this case is false and fabricated by the complainant on instance of I.O of the case to humiliate and unjustified harassment the Applicant in the eyes of society, and there is apprehension to be arrested by the said I.O for the ulterior motives.

2.                  That the applicant belongs to respectable family and he was not even present in Karachi because he was in Peshawar at the time of alleged occurrence and then out of Pakistan i.e. in THAILAND and MALAYSIA, and it came to knowledge of the applicant, about this case, when he came in Karachi 0n 10-07-2012, that I.O of the case is humiliating and unjustified harassing the family members of the applicant and there is apprehension to be arrested by the said I.O for the ulterior motives.

True Copies of Passport, Visas and Air Ticket are annexed herewith for perusal of this Hon’ble Court and marked as annexure “A/2 to A/6” respectively.

3.                  That the applicant approached and tied to get Bail Before Arrest from Session Judge Karachi East which was transferred to ASJ IV Karachi East but police officials i.e. I.O of the case along with SHO Bahadarabad Karachi had surrounded the premises of the Court in order to cause his arrest due to there presence he could not appear before leaned ASJ IV Karachi East and application was not pressed to get interim bail before arrest. Then Applicant had to approach Hon’ble High Court of Sindh at Karachi for Protective Bail which was granted accordingly. So, the applicant has imminent apprehension to be arrested for the ulterior motives i.e. humiliating and unjustified harassing.

Copy of Order Of Protective Bail is annexed herewith and marked as Annexure “A/7”.

4.                  That other all accused have been granted bail already in this case; the main two Co-accused, Nisar Ahmed and Salman Yousuf, who were arrested on the spot has been granted bail by the Hon’ble High Court. The other main Co-accused, Zohaib Iqbal, has been granted bail before arrest in this Case by the Learned 4^th ASJ Karachi East.

Photo Copies of Bail Order passed by Hon’ble High Court and IVth ASJ Karachi Central the Courts are annexed herewith for perusal of this Hon’ble Court and marked as Annexure “A/8 to A/9” respectively.

5.                  That the name of the applicant was, with malafide intention, disclosed by the Co-accused, arrested on spot, which is not admissible as per law, while the applicant he was in Peshawar at the time of occurrence and out of Pakistan i.e. in THAILAND and MALAYSIA at the time of alleged occurrence, the arrested accused are neighbor and they are school fellows having cold war/enmity/grudge against each others and have some jealousy with them due to this the arrested accused given the name of applicant to the police.

6.                  That no overt act or any specific role assigned to the applicant as per prosecution version.

7.                  That it is yet to be seen as to what was the intention and no motive had been alleged against the applicant.

8.                  That it is yet to be determined that who out of four hurt/fired the deceased. Hence, it is a fit case of further probe in the circumstances.

9.                  That there are all Police Officials/Sub-ordinates has been shown witnesses in the above matter, So there is violation of mandatory provisions section 103 Cr.P.C. while the place of occurrence is well-populated area of the locality, at the time of incident is a day time and I.O has not said to any independent person to make witness.

10.             That the all Mashirs of Arrest & Site Plan are not resident of locality/vicinity but the Police Officials, Subordinates while incident took place in day time and I.O has not said to any independent person to make witness.

11.             That crime weapon/incriminating article used by the alleged accused has not been recovered so far from the accused arrested on spot. So, it is fit case of further probe and grant of bail in the circumstances.

12.             That from perusal of the FIR it is very clear that the prosecution has concocted/conceived a story. The empty cartridge fired by the complainant has not been shown/recovered in Mashirnama, it means no aerial fire has been fired which creates doubt, and hence it is a fit case of further probe.

13.             That no prima facie case is made out under Section U/S. 302/324/353/186/34 PPC which has been registered under the instructions of TPO without taking into consideration and applying his mind on the contents of the complaint.

14.             That investigation has been completed and the challan has been submitted in court already in this case and the applicant no more required for the purpose of investigation.

15.             That the applicant is not a previous convicted nor a hardened criminal and neither he will temper with P.Ws nor he will abscond and he will join the prosecution for investigation, as he is permanent resident of Karachi.

                                                                            

16.            That if the accused/applicant is not granted protective bail he will not be able to defend him properly and he shall be suffered irreparable loss which cannot be measured monetarily and will be humiliated in the eyes of the society.

17.             That the applicant/accused is ready to furnish solvent surety to the entire satisfaction of this Hon’ble Court.

18.             That other ground may be argued at the time of hearing of this bail application.

PRAYER

It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to grant him Bail Before Arrest under the fact and circumstances mentioned above.

Prayed accordingly in the interest of Justice.

Karachi.

Dated: 24/07/12.                                            

S M ZUBAIR

Advocate for the Applicant

AFFIDAVIT

                I, USMAN Ali Khan Son of Muslim Ali Khan, Muslim, adult, R/o. Karachi, do hereby state as under: -

1.                  That I am The Applicant/Deponent of this affidavit and as such am fully conversant with the facts of the matter deposed herein.

2.                  That I have filed such Bail before Application before this but could not appear before Leaned Court, the accompanying application has been drafted and filed under my express instructions and the same may be treated as part and parcel of this affidavit, the contents of the accompanied application has not been reiterated for the sake of brevity.

3.                  That unless the accompanying application is not allowed I shall suffer irreparable loss, which cannot be measured monetarily and whatever stated above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Karachi.

Dated: 24/07/12.

DEPONENT

CNIC #.  _______________________

The Deponent identified by me.

S M ZUBAIR

(ADVOCATE)

                        Solemnly affirmed on oath before me at Karachi on this __ th day of _______ 2012, by the deponent above named who is identified by Mr. S M ZUBAIR, Advocate whom I know personally.

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