SURKHRU vs The STATE

This matter comes before the Supreme Court of Pakistan upon a petition for leave to appeal against the refusal of bail by the High Court in a criminal case. The petitioner is facing a murder charge, with the First Information Report specifically attributing the fatal gunshot to the deceased Ghulam Hussain to the petitioner. The core legal question is whether the petitioner is entitled to post-arrest bail given the direct and specific allegation of murder. The Supreme Court held that the High Court rightly refused to grant bail considering the grave nature of the allegation and the specific role attributed to the petitioner in the First Information Report. Consequently, the petition for leave to appeal was dismissed, affirming the principle that where an accused is directly nominated with a fatal blow in a murder case, bail is ordinarily refused unless exceptional grounds for further inquiry are established.