2012 SCMR 573 Maximum punishment, possibility of---Involving in other similar cases---Accused contended that Chars weighing 4 kilograms was recovered from path and not from his personal possession, therefore, there was no possibility of maximum sentence provided for the offence---Validity---Court while hearing petition for bail was not to keep in view the maximum sentence provided by statute but the one which was likely to be entailed in the facts and circumstances of the case---Accused had been in jail for three months, yet commencement of his trial let alone its conclusion was not in sight, had also tilted scales of justice in favour of bail rather than jail---Involvement of accused in two other cases of similar nature would not come in the way of petitioner, so long as there was nothing on the record to show that accused had been convicted in any one of those.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:52:47 +0000
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