HIMESH KHAN versus THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU (NAB), LAHORE
Under Section 9 (b) and 16 of the Criminal Code (v. 1898), section 497 is held under the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 Bail Grant, and the prosecution primarily delays the length of prison sentences. Is charged. Has been behind bars for the past five years, trial of the accused is unlikely in the next two months, accountability court order sheets show that the majority of the accused was present with his lawyer during the hearing except for a few. On occasions, there was a matter of postponement for one reason or another by the co-accused and on some occasions due to the absence of the Presiding Officer or the absence of the accused from the jail due to the absence of the accused. Delays were sought and also because his lawyer was involved in high courts in other cases. Delays can be primarily referred to as prosecutors and co-accused, which does not allow SD to charge that prompt hearing was an indispensable right of every individual, therefore, even if in general If the provisions of Section 497, CR PCs do not apply to the accused facing charges under the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, its broad principle is to strictly provide relief to a deserving suspect in prison. In cases where his service could be pressurized, the accused could not be released at the mercy of the prosecution for indefinitely rotting in jail, the present conviction. The spree was a valid case where bail could be granted, likewise, when co-accused persons, including the real beneficiaries of the crime, were already granted bail.
