In the Supreme Court of Pakistan 
(Appellate Jurisdiction) 
 
Present: 
Mr. Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, HCJ 
Mr. Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan 
Mr. Justice Mushir Alam 
 
Criminal Petition No.604 of 2015. 
(on appeal from judgment of Lahore High Court, Multan Bench, 
dated 29.7.2015, passed in Crl. Misc No.4327-B/2015) 
 
Nisar Ahmed 
…Petitioner 
Versus 
The State, etc 
… Respondents 
 
For the petitioner:  
Mr. Khadim Hussain Qaiser, ASC. 
Syed Rifaqat Hussain Shah, AOR. 
 
Respondents: 
 
N.R. 
 
Date of hearing: 
 
08.9.2015 
 
JUDGMENT 
 
 
Anwar Zaheer Jamali, C.J.- Petitioner is one of the 
nominated accused in crime No.324/2012, dated 08.12.2012, P.S 
Shahkot, District Sahiwal, registered under sections 302, 324, 337-
A(i), 337-A(ii), 337-F(i), 337-F(iii), 148, 149 PPC with the allegations 
that he alongwith nine other co-accused, while forming an unlawful 
assembly, committed qatl-i-amd of Yasir Abbas and caused injuries to 
three other persons. The petitioner was assigned specific role of 
causing fatal injury to the deceased. 
2. 
The petitioner was arrested on 14.1.2013 and since then 
he is stated to be in custody. The first bail application moved him 
before the Lahore High Court, being criminal miscellaneous No.2148-B 
Crl.P-604/2015. 
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of 2014, was dismissed on 04.6.2014; his second bail application, 
being criminal miscellaneous No.1735-B/2015 was dismissed vide 
order dated 15.5.2015 and the third bail application, being criminal 
miscellaneous No.3819-B/2015, was dismissed as not pressed vide 
order dated 29.6.2015. In this manner, as it appears from the case 
record, criminal Misc. No.4327-B/2015 was the fourth bail 
application, which was dismissed by the High Court through the 
impugned order dated 29.7.2015. 
3. 
We have heard the arguments of learned ASC for the 
petitioner. He has contended that the petitioner is entitled for grant 
of bail, as compliance of the directions issued by the High Court in its 
orders dated 04.6.2014 and 15.5.2015, regarding expeditious 
disposal of the criminal case against the petitioner, has not been 
made and further filing of direct complaint by respondent No.2 has 
furnished a fresh ground to the petitioner to move another bail 
application. 
4. 
We have scanned the material placed on record and are 
unable to subscribe to such submissions of the learned ASC. Neither 
non-compliance of the directions issued to the trial Court to conclude 
the trial expeditiously or within some specified time can be 
considered as valid ground for grant of bail to an accused, being alien 
to the provisions of section 497, Cr.P.C, nor filing of direct complaint 
will have any bearing as regards earlier bail refusing orders, which 
have attained finality, unless some fresh ground could be shown by 
Crl.P-604/2015. 
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the petitioner for consideration of his request for grant of bail afresh, 
which is lacking in the present case. 
5. 
This being the position, leave is refused and this petition 
is dismissed. 
 
 
 
 
 
Islamabad, 
08th September, 2015. 
Not approved for reporting. 
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Judge 
 
 
Judge 
 
 
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