Section 497 of the Criminal Procedure Code (XLV of 1860), violation of section 406 conviction, denied the defendant's first bail plea, his lawyer withdrew the matter after arguing at some length, If the accused had a good case, his lawyer might not be his lawyer. Former bail application has been withdrawn bail application taken by the accused, was already available at the time of filing the first bail application. No fresh ground was available to the accused, his present bail application was not guaranteed. There was no case for the available records which proved that the complainant was deprived of a huge sum of money. The accused was named in the FIR along with his co-accused, which was closely related. And he was still out of the law no body could claim. Bail as a right to bail in non-bailable offenses, even if it does not fall under the prohibited clause of section 497 (1), was dismissed by the PCP Bell. nces
Related judgments — Lahore High Court Lahore, 2011
