JAWED KHOKHAR vs THE STATE
This matter arises from a pre-arrest bail application filed by the applicant seeking protection from arrest in connection with First Information Report No. 320 of 2006 registered at the instance of the complainant for the alleged misappropriation of professional fees collected during the complainant's absence abroad. The core legal question concerns the propriety of granting interim pre-arrest bail to an accused facing allegations of criminal breach of trust or misappropriation of funds. The court considered the initial application and directed the office to issue notice to the complainant for a future date. Pending the hearing, the court ordered that the applicant shall not be arrested in connection with the said F.I.R., thereby granting interim protective relief.
- Whether pre-arrest bail can be granted to an accused facing allegations of misappropriating professional fees?
- Under what circumstances should interim pre-arrest bail be issued pending notice to the complainant?
ORDER
1. ' MUHAMMAD ATHAR SAEED, J.--- A F.I.R. Has been filed by Dr. Ali Muhammad Ansari, proprietor of Mehran Clinic Qazi Chowk Sindhi Muslim Housing Society, Block-A, Karachi against the applicant alleging misappropriation of approximately 18-19 lacs of professional fees collected during the absence of the doctor from the Pakistan. In the F.I.R., it has also been alleged that the applicant had admitted his arrears and requested for time to return the above amount, which has not been returned till today.
2. ' This application has been moved for grant of pre-arrest bail. Office is directed to issue notice to complainant Dr. Ali Muhammad Ansari for 13-7-2006. Till then the applicant will not be arrested in connection with F.I.R. No,320 of 2006.