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PLD 2017 Supreme Court 194
Present: Dost Muhammad Khan, Qazi Faez Isa and Maqbool Baqar, JJ
KHALID HUMAYUN—Petitioner
versus
The NAB through D.G. Quetta and others—Respondents
Civil Petition No.3912.of 2016, decided on 22nd February, 2017.
(Against the judgment dated 1-12-2016 of the High Court of Balochistan, Quetta passed in C.P,No.760 of 2016).
(a) National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999)—
—Si. 9 & 24(d)—Corruption and corrupt practices—Bail, refusal of— Accused in his capacity as the Finance Advisor to the Provincial Government was alleged to have misappropriated huge sums of tnoney that was allocated for development projects—Plea of accused that noreference against him had been filed by National Accountability Bureau despite lapse of nine months, and that the Bureau could not keep the same pending for an indefinite period—Validity—Sufficient prima facie material was available on record to suggest that the accused had exercised his authority to enrich himself and a number of persons had also implicated him as the principal beneficiary of the defalcated amounts—Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed and bail was refused accordingly, [p. 199] A
(b) National Accountability Ordinance (XVIII of 1999)—
—S. 9—Corruption and corrupt practices—Bail, refusal of—Medical grounds—Accused in his capacity as the Finance Advisor to the Provincial Government was alleged to have misappropriated huge sums of money that was allocated for development projects—Plea of accused that he was entitled to bail on medical grounds—Validity—Medical Board and the doctor had not opined that the accused}s continued incarceration would prove detrimental to his life or health—Accused was 40 years old, at which age generally a person did not have serious ailments; and there was nothing on record to show his preincarceration ailment—Medical Board had noted that the dorso-lumbar spine of the accused had developed “wild diffuse bulging” of two discs and had recommended further examination through a DEXA scan machine, however, as said machine was not available in the province, the Medical Board had suggested that he be referred to a hospital in another province for such purpose—Accused, if so advised, could move an application to the Trial Court and the Trial Court could make suitable arrangements for his transportation to the other province where he could be taken for a few days for such examination and then returned—Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed and bail was refused accordingly. [p. 199] B
Date of hearing: 14th February, 2017.
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