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PLJ 2010 SC 503 [Appellate Jurisdiction] Present: Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday & Sarmad Jalal Osmany, JJ. Rana MUHAMMAD ARSHAD--Petitioner versus MUHAMMAD RAFIQUE & another--Respondents Crl. Petition No. 25 of 2009, decided on 26.3.2009. (On appeal from the order dated 19.12.2008 of the Lahore High Court,  Lahore  passed in Crl. Misc. No. 10599-B/08) Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (V of 1898)-- ----S. 498--Bail before arrest--Interpretation of latter part of S. 498, Cr.P.C.--Vesting power in High Courts and Courts of Sessions--On account of passage of time concepts tend to get foggy and blurred and need to keep reminding--To re-state fundamentals relating to the matters of bail before arrest--Validity--Powers so found and parameters so prescribed have been regularly and repeatedly coming up for scrutiny by Superior Courts including Supreme Court--But each time the matter was re-examined--Concept as it was initially pronounced as it developed may be summari...