IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
(Appellate Jurisdiction) 
 
 
PRESENT: 
Mr. Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel 
Mr. Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed 
 
 
Criminal Petition No.527 of 2020  
(Against the order dated 28.4.2020 
passed by the High Court of Balochistan, 
Quetta in Crl. B. A.T. No.40/2020) 
 
Noor Bakhsh 
 
 
…Petitioner(s) 
 
 
 
 
 
Versus 
 
The State  
…Respondent(s) 
 
 
For the Petitioner(s): 
Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan Tareen, ASC 
 
Syed Rifaqat Hussain Shah, AOR  
 
For the State: 
Syed Baqar Shah, ASC 
 
Date of hearing: 
01.07.2020. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, J.- Noor Bukhsh, 
petitioner herein, seeks admission to post arrest bail; he had allegedly 
shot one Abdul Qayyum, way back on 29.9.2013 within the remit of 
Police Station Gawadar on his opposition over an unauthorized gasoline 
outlet, managed by him in the neighbourhood; fire shot injury on the 
spinal cord finally resulted into the death, though after lapse of almost 
six years. Section 324 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, after injured’s 
death has been substituted with section 316 thereof. Repeated 
attempts for bail failed before the Courts below, last being in the High 
Court on 28.04.2020 on account of absence of a fresh ground.  
2. 
 
Heard. 
3. 
 
Petitioner stayed away from law for a period exceeding half 
a decade and was finally arrested on 3.2.2020; being a fugitive from 
law, that too for a pretty long period of time, he has disentitled himself 
to the concessions, ordinarily extended in discretion to an offender. 
While it is for the trial Court to determine the cause of death and 
consequences thereof, the case initially set up in the crime report, 
supported by the statements of the witnesses and medical evidence 
constitutes ‘reasonable grounds’ within the contemplation of section 
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497 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 with space for further 
probe or inquiry in absence whereof, he cannot be released on bail even 
on that score. Petitioner’s last attempt in the High Court through a 
subsequent petition without any fresh ground has rightly been 
declined, calling for no interference by this Court. Petition fails. Leave 
declined.  
 
 
 
Judge 
 
 
 
 
Judge 
Islamabad, the 
1st July, 2020 
Not approved for reporting 
Azmat/- 
