- Bail bonds — Releasing or forfeiture of — Trial Court extremely liberal — Tendency that while releasing accused charged with heinous offences they are released on bail bonds of very small amount which practice is hardly desirable. This practise would not be repeated in future. Muhammad Sharif Khan and another v. Zahir Hussain Shah & another 1998 SCR 106 (C)
- Sureties were responsible to pay the forfeited amount independent of other sureties — High Court had reduced the amount — There was no ground to give further concession to the sureties. Muhammad Sharif Khan and another v. Zahir Hussain Shah & another 1998 SCR 106 (D)
- Bail was allowed to the accused appellant through a detailed judgment by the district Criminal Court — Shariat Court cancelled the bail on the ground that accused failed to appear before it on the date fixed for hearing of the case — If an accused person has given an undertaking while submitting his bail bound that he shall appear even before the appellate forum when and wherever he is asked to appear then bail can be cancelled if he fails to appear before the appellate forum despite service of notice — Because he shall be guilty of infringement of condition of bail — In the present case the appellant had given an undertaking that he shall appear before the trial Court in the main case — He had not given under taking to appear before the appellate forum — Judgment of the Shariat Court was set aside — Case remanded to the Shariat Court for a fresh decision. Dil Muhammad v. Muhammad Hanif 2004 SCR 72 (B)
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