فیصلوں کے ھیڈ نوٹس کی بجائے مکمل ججمنٹ پڑھنی چاہیے۔ کیونکہ ھیڈ نوٹس عدالتی فیصلے کا حصہ نہیں ہوتے بلکہ وہ لاجرنلز شائع کرنے والے ادارے نے ججمنٹ میں سے اپنے طور تیار کیے ہوئے ہوتے ہیں۔

 2021 S C M R 1466

ایک انتہائی اہم غلطی کی نشاندہی۔

اس فیصلے 2021 ایس سی ایم آر 1466 میں سپریم کورٹ آف پاکستان نے489F کے مقدمہ میں سائل ملزم کی درخواست ضمانت قبل از گرفتاری خارج کی ہے مگر پبلشرز نے غلطی سے اپنے رسالے میں ھیڈ نوٹ میں دفعہ 498 ضابطہ فوجداری کی بجائے دفعہ 497 ضابطہ فوجداری تحریر کر دیا ہے۔

اس طرح اس فیصلے کو پڑھنے والے یہ سمجھیں گے کہ سپریم کورٹ آف پاکستان نے سائل ملزم کی درخواست ضمانت بعد از گرفتاری خارج کی ہے۔

فیصلوں کے ھیڈ نوٹس کی بجائے مکمل ججمنٹ پڑھنی چاہیے۔ کیونکہ ھیڈ نوٹس عدالتی فیصلے کا حصہ نہیں ہوتے بلکہ وہ لاجرنلز شائع کرنے والے ادارے نے ججمنٹ میں سے اپنے طور تیار کیے ہوئے ہوتے ہیں۔

سپریم کورٹ آف پاکستان بھی اپنے ایک حالیہ فیصلے 2O21 ایس سی ایم آر صفحہ 1492 میں قرار دے چکی ہے کہ ھیڈ نوٹس عدالتی فیصلے کا حصہ نہیں ہوتے

2021 S C M R 1466
[Supreme Court of Pakistan]
Present: Umar Ata Bandial, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ
Syed HASNAIN HAIDER---Petitioner
Versus
The STATE and another---Respondents
Criminal Petition No.540-L of 2021, decided on 14th July, 2021.
(Against the order dated 31.03.2021 passed by the Lahore High Court of Lahore in Crl. Misc. No.19186-B of 2021)

Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)---

----S. 497---Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 489-F---Dishonestly issuing a cheque---Bail, refusal of---Plea of accused that the dishonored cheques were only issued as a security instrument/surety to settle a family dispute---Validity---Bank cheques admittedly belonged to the accused---Accused had not been able to point out, even obliquely, to any clause of contract/agreement or any portion thereof, in performance whereof, the accused purportedly stood surety---Supported by statutory presumption of being a valid instrument, a drawer could not ward off the consequences of its failure through a plea of being an unsuspecting surety---Even otherwise, within the family fold in a close degree, the accused has not been able to point out any mala fide or animosity, possibly lurking behind his arrest in a non-bailable/cognizable offence---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed, leave was refused and accused was refused bail.

Syed Tayyab Nasir Mehmood, Advocate Supreme Court (video link at Lahore) along with Syed Husnain Haider, in person (at Islamabad) for Petitioner.

Ch. Muhammad Maqsood Butter, Advocate Supreme Court for Respondents.

Date of hearing: 14th July, 2021.

ORDER

QAZI MUHAMMAD AMIN AHMED, J.---In a family breach, the petitioner has been blamed by the complainant, no other than a close relative, to have issued him two bank cheques, to the tune of rupees one crore forty-seven lac, towards fulfillment of a financial obligation, arisen out of a botched sale transaction relating to some piece of land, bounced upon presentation; avoiding arrest for a considerable span of time, he has finally been declined judicial protection by a learned Judge-in-Chamber of Lahore High Court vide order dated 31.3.2021 to argue before us that in the absence of any subsisting 'financial obligation' he had handed over the cheques to his brother Syed Zulqarnain as security instrument for the settlement of family feud, fraudulently taken over by the complainant, cancellation whereof, is being pursued through a declaratory suit, sub judice in a Civil Court at Chunian till date, a position vehemently contested by the learned Law Officer with the assistance of counsel for the complainant.

2. Heard. Record perused.

3. The impugned instruments admittedly belonged to the petitioner; these carry a wording on their back as "shorty", however, the learned counsel despite his best attempt has not been able to point out, even obliquely, any clause of contract/agreement or any portion thereof, in performance whereof, the petitioner purportedly stood surety. Supported by statutory presumption of being a valid instrument, a drawer cannot ward off the consequences of its failure through bald plea of being an unsuspecting surety. Even otherwise, within the family fold in a close degree, the petitioner has not been able to point out any mala fide or animus, possibly lurking behind his long due arrest in a non-bailable/cognizable offence, a sine qua non to divert the usual course of criminal law. View concurrently taken by the courts below being well within the remit of law calls for no interference. Petition fails. Leave declined.

MWA/H-8/SC Bail refused