RAFAQUAT Versus STATE

ORDER

The petitioners are accused of offence under section 337-F/34, P.P.C. vide F.I.R. No.475/93, dated 12-10-1993, registered at Police Station Saddar Kasur.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioners and the State were heard at length in respect of the contentions raised herein. Admittedly, the offence alleged is not hit by the prohibitory clause, as the punishment for the same is five years' R.I. and that the injury sustained is on the non-vital part of the body. Furthermore, the petitioners have been in the judicial custody for over three months and are no longer required by the police and they are neither previous convicts nor hardened criminals.

3. Therefore, the petitioners are hereby allowed bail in the sum of Rs.25,000 each with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the A.C./Duty Magistrate, Kasur.

N.H.Q./R-129/L

Bail allowed.