IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
(Appellate Jurisdiction) 
 
 
 
PRESENT: 
Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmed, HCJ 
Mr. Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed 
 
 
 
Criminal Petition No.21-P of 2020  
Against the judgment dated 28.02.2020 passed by 
the Peshawar High Court Peshawar in Cr.MBA. 
Bi,57-P/2020) 
 
 
 
Zahoor Khan 
 
 
 
…Petitioner(s) 
 
 
 
 
 
Versus 
 
 
Akhter Muhammad & another  
 
 
…Respondent(s) 
 
For the Petitioner(s): 
Mr. Akhter Ali Khan, ASC 
 
For the Complainant: 
Mr. Anis Muhammad Shahzad, ASC 
 
For the State: 
Miss Aisha Tasneem, State Counsel 
 
with Iqbal Mashwair, I.O/S.I. 
 
 
Date of hearing: 
21.05.2020. 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, J.- Declined downstairs 
throughout, Zahoor Khan, petitioner herein, seeks admission to bail; 
alongside co-accused, he is alleged to have fatally targeted Yaheer 
Shah on 25.10.2014 at 18:00 hours within the remit of Police Station 
Katling District Mardan in the backdrop of a motive that hovered over a 
piece of land; away from law, he was arrested after a period exceeding 
half a decade. Autopsy report confirmed receipt of as many as six entry 
wounds.  
2. 
 
Heard. Record perused. 
3. 
 
Argument regarding conflict between ocular account and 
medical evidence, seemingly otherwise beside the mark, cannot be 
attended within the barriers of tentative assessment, particularly in the 
face of reflections of inordinate absence from law. Ocular account, 
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accompanied by medical evidence as well as investigative conclusions, 
constitute “reasonable grounds” within the contemplation of Section 
497 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, standing in impediment 
to petitioner’s release in the absence of any consideration calling for 
further probe. Impugned views being well within the bounds of law 
need no interference. Petition fails. Leave declined.   
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice 
 
 
 
 
 
Judge 
Islamabad, the 
21st May, 2020 
Not approved for reporting 
Azmat/- 
