The 43-year-old petitioner faced two FIA corruption cases — FIR No.17/2024 and FIR No.19/2024, PS FIA CCC Islamabad — with offences under Sections 406, 409, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 477-A, 34 and 109 PPC read with Section 5(2)47 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. The Islamabad High Court refused post-arrest bail in both on 07.04.2026 (Crl. Misc. 450-B and 449-B/2026). He approached the Supreme Court in Crl.P.L.A.1200 and 1208/2026 on medical grounds.
On 17.09.2026, in a judgment approved for reporting, the Supreme Court — Mr. Justice Naeem Akhter Afghan authoring, with Mr. Justice Shahid Waheed and Mr. Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim — converted the petitions into appeals and accepted them, granting post-arrest bail on medical grounds in both FIRs, each subject to a surety bond of Rs.500,000 with P.R. bonds of like amount to the trial court's satisfaction.
The medical record was stark: a history of hypertension and atypical chest pain, diabetes mellitus, ischemic ECG changes, blood pressure recorded at 170/120, and advice for CT coronary angiography. Bail on medical grounds does not decide the corruption charges — it decides that a seriously ill undertrial should face them from outside a cell, under surety, rather than risk a medical catastrophe in custody.
The principle is humane and bounded: custody must not become a health hazard where the trial can proceed with the accused on bail. Beemari zamanat ki wajah ban sakti hai — but the surety keeps the process honest, and the trial goes on.