Physical Remand under Criminal Law framework of Pakistan.

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Most Important Case Laws For Criminal Law Remand under Criminal Law framework of Pakistan,Illegal custody in police torture cells police torture in Pakistan.Remand is commonly called in common law jurisdictions as pre-trial detention. The detention and remand of an accused is the process of keeping an accused, who has been arrested is either in police custody or judicial custody. In remand accused is kept in custody without trial, is considered to be in contradiction to the idea that an accused is innocent until proven guilty and for this reason pre-trail detention is usually subject to safe guards and restrictions as to its permissible period. In situations where court cannot be persuaded the accused should released on bail unless the public safety is at risk.

Meaning of Remand (Reference to Black’s Law Dictionary)

To remand a prisoner means after a preliminary or partial hearing before a court or magistrate, is to scud him back to custody, to be kept until the hearing is resumed or the trial comes on.
To remand a case, brought into an appellate court or removed from one court into another, is to send it back to the court from which it came, that further proceedings in the case, if any, may be taken there.
PAKISTANI LAW
Section 167 of Criminal Procedure Code throw light on remand. The section is read in conjunction with other sections 61, 62, 173 and 344 Cr.P.C. There are two kinds of remand, one is physical remand and second is judicial remand. Physical custody of the accused is called in common language as physical remand i.e when an accused is sent to custody of police, by magistrate, it is called physical remand. Whereas when the accused is sent to judicial lock up/jail, it is called judicial remand.

The Article 9 of the Constitution of Pakistan guarantee that no person would be deprived of life or liberty save as in accordance with law. According to Art.10 of Constitution of Pakistan provide a safeguard as to arrest and detention. The Courts should be mindful of the said Articles before remanding the accused to police custody or postponing the commencement of trial.

The above discussed provisions of Cr.P.C. read in conjunction with the constitutional provisions reveal that police is duty bound to complete the investigations within 24 hours and if police fail to complete the investigations, police must present the arrested person to the magistrate along with application of physical remand. It’s the discretion of the magistrate whether to send a person on physical remand or judicial remand subject to the following guide lines laid down by the High Court.

Discharge the accused at once on the grounds that there is no cause shown for further detention. (S.63 Cr.P.C.)
Remand him to police custody for term not exceeding 15 days in whole and send copy of his order with reasons for making it to the Session Judge. ((S.167 Cr.P.C))
Proceed at once to try a caused himself. ((S.190 Cr.P.C))
Forward the accused to Session Judge. (S.190 Cr.P.C)
There are certain conditions for grant of remand which are as follows:-

Physical remand can only be given when presence of accused is absolutely necessary for the completion of inquiry.
In the case of physical remand period should be as short as possible
In case of confession person must be sent to judicial custody.
Following are some important points which a magistrate/judicial officer should keep in mind related to remand:-

Magistrate should discourage tendency of police to take remand to extort confession.
Magistrate can discharge the accused at the time of remand.
Fifteen days remand should not be allowed at one stretch.
Remand in absence of accused is not only illegal but also violation of article 10 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
CASE LAWS ON REMAND
A leading judgment in the context is Ghulam Sarwar’s Case 1984 P.Cr.L.J 2588 ....Criminal Law
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ملزم کی غیر حاضری میں ریمانڈ جسمانی یا جوڈیشل نہیں دیا جا سکتا
PLJ 2005 SC 805

ملزم جوڈیشل ہونے کے بعد اگر ملزم کسی دیگر کیس میں گرفتار کرنا ہو تو متعلقہ عدالت سے اجازت لینا ضروری ہے۔
ڈسچارگی ملزم کے بعد، متعلقہ عدالت کی اجازت کے بغیر، ملزم کو دوبارہ گرفتار نہیں کیا جا سکتا ہے


1993 PCRLJ 221

PLJ 2001 CrC 557
1996 PCRLJ 1806

حکم ریمانڈ جسمانی کے خلاف Criminal Revision ہو گی۔
2005 PCRLJ 1709
حکم ریمانڈ کے خلاف رٹ پٹیشن قابل رواں نہیں ہے۔
2010 PCRLJ 2024

حکم ریمانڈ کے خلاف رٹ پٹیشن قابل رواں نہیں ہے۔
2010 PCRLJ 2024

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پنجاب ڈرگ ایکٹ
(نیو ترمیم )”جعلی ادویات بیچنے پر سزا پانج سال قید اور پانچ کروڑ روپے جرمانہ عائد ہو گا۔”

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2017 PCRLJ Note 244, 260

Delegatee cannot further transfer powers unless authorised.
PLD 2015 Isb. 36,
PLD 2012 Lah 174,
2012 MLD 662,
2010 PLC CS 1150,
2009 CLD 1329,
2007 YLR 2179,
2007 CLC 657

2005 PLC CS 551.Sec 324-PPC Motive is not necessary for the purpose of commission of ca