ABDUL RASHID MANI Versus ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER

ORDER

1. Learned counsel for the petitioners prays for issuance of a direction to quash F.I.R. No.215/94, dated 31-5-1994 having been registered against the petitioners, Muhammad Sulman and Muhammad Siddique with Police Station Civil Line, Lahore, on the statement of Mian Rashid Ameer-ud-Din. It is argued by the learned counsel that there is no evidence to connect the petitioners with the commission of the crime and that they have falsely been involved in the aforesaid F.I.R. The correctness or otherwise of the F.I.R. mentioned above shall be determined on the basis of evidence of the parties. The case is still being investigated. When confronted with this situation, learned counsel requests for conversion of this Constitution petition into a petition for bail before arrest. Learned Law Officer has no objection to the grant of this prayer. Nevertheless, it is submitted by the learned. Law Officer that the petitioners did not move the learned Sessions Court in the first instance for bail. In such a situation, learned counsel for the petitioners requests for grant of time to enable him to approach the Sessions Court for the said purpose. In these circumstances, petitioners are admitted to ad interim pre-arrest bail subject to their furnishing bonds in the sum of Rs.50,000 (fifty thousand) each with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Deputy Registrar (Judicial) of this Court for seven days to enable them to move their petition for bail before arrest before the Sessions Court. This order shall automatically lapse on 13-6-1994. With these observations, this petition stands disposed of.

2. N.H.Q./M-1639/L Order accordingly.