ATTAR vs THE STATE

This matter arises from a post-arrest bail application filed by the accused, who was named in Crime No. 11 of 2002 registered at Police Station Jagan, District Shikarpur, following a mutual altercation and firing incident between two sides on 11-2-2002 resulting in fatal injuries and counter F.I.Rs. The core legal question was whether the applicant was entitled to bail given that he was named in the first information report as being armed with a G-III rifle but was not attributed with direct firing causing the deaths. The court held that since no specific fatal attribution was made against the applicant despite being armed, his case fell within the scope of further inquiry under the law. The court granted post-arrest bail to the applicant subject to furnishing the requisite security bond, laying down the principle that where an accused in a counter-version case involving cross-firing is not attributed with a fatal shot, his complicity requires further inquiry warranting the grant of bail.