Lawyers in Islamabad

  PLJ 2023 Cr.C. (Note) 30 [Sindh High Court, Karachi] Present :  Naimatullah Phulpoto and Shamsuddin Abbasi, JJ. STATE through Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan--Appellant versus SHOAIB AHMED SHEIKH and others--Respondents Crl. Acq. A. 390 of 2016 & Crl. Acq. A. No. 60 of 2017, heard on 26.2.2018. Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (V of 1898)-- ----S. 249-A--There can be no dispute that an application under Section 249-A, Cr.P.C. can be filed, taken up for hearing and decided at any time or stage of proceedings and words “at any stage” denote that application under Section 249-A, c, Cr.P.C. can be filed even before prosecution evidence had been recorded or while exercise of recording of evidence is going or when exercise is over--It is, however, to be noted that though there is no bar for an accused person to file application under Section 249-A, Cr.P.C. at any stage of proceedings of case yet facts and circumstances of prosecution case will have to be kept in mind and cons...