FAHIM AHMED SIDDIQUI, JUSTICE:---
The applicant is involved in a case originated by lodging F.I.R. No. 04/2019 {File No. SI/Misc./59/2019- AIB(AW)} at PS Appraising Intelligence Branch, Custom House, Karachi under Sections 16, 32(i), 32-A(I)(a) and 192 read with sections 3, 6 and 36 Sales Tax Act, 1990 and Section 148 of the Income Tax Ordinance, subsection (I) of Section 3 of Import and Export (Control) Act, 1950 read with Appendix-E of Import Police Order, 2016 as well as penal Clauses 9, 14, 14-A, 77, 86 and 89 of Section 156(i) of the Customs Act, 1969 and sections 33 and 34 of the Sales Tax Act and Section 148 of the Income Tax Ordinance. He was arrested in the said case, and now through the instant application, he is seeking his release on bail during trial.
2. The learned counsel for the applicant as well as the learned Special Prosecutor, Customs and APG argued at length. In the light of their arguments and citations. I have observed as under:
a) Concisely, the allegat...
PRESENT:
FAHIM AHMED SIDDIQUI, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by: Nasrullah Korai.
Respondent(s) by: Ashiq Ali Anwar Rana.
Law: Customs Act 1969
Sections: 148. 156(1), 8, 9, 14A, 77, 86 & 89
Law: Imports and Exports (Control) Act 1950
Sections: 3
Law: Import Policy Order, 2016
Sections: Appendix-E---Criminal Procedure Code 1898
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