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PLJ 2026 SC ( Cr.C .) 171 [Appellate Jurisdiction] Present: Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan, JJ. MUHAMMAD SAJID--Petitioner versus STATE and another--Respondents Crl . P. No. 2066 of 2025, decided on 22.1.2026. (On appeal against the order dated 08.12.2025 passed by the Islamabad High Court, Islamabad in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 2013-B of 2025) Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (V of 1898)-- ----S. 497--Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F--No prohibitory clause--Post-arrest bail--Grant of-- Cheque amounting to Rs . 15,500,000/- issued to the complainant--The offence mentioned in the FIR does not fall within the ambit of prohibitory clause of S. 497 Cr.P.C and grant of bail in such like cases in a rule while refusal is an exception--Petition is converted into an appeal and the same is allowed. [Pp. 172 & 173] A, B & C 1991 SCMR 322; 2009 SCMR 299; 2011 SCMR 222; 2012 SCMR 573; 1997 SCMR 412; 2009 SCMR 1488; PLD 2017 SC 733; 2022 SCMR 592 Ms. Ab...