Qamar Abbas Gondal was sentenced for 11 years by a British court in 2008 in the United Kingdom in narcotics case. After a brief period, he was sent to Pakistan to complete his sentence. But he was freed prematurely after a few days of arrival when Section Officer in Ministry of Interior Ali Muhammad Malik prepared a fake circular letter for his release. Qamar was released in 2011 instead of his release in 2019 after completion of his sentence.
The FIA challenged the acquittal of Qamar Abbas and Ali Muhammad in the trial court, which awarded sentence to Qamar under Section 468 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and to Ali Muhammad under Section 201, 468 and 471 of PPC and under section 5 (2) of the Prevention of the Corruption Act, 1947 in connection with his involvement in tampering with the official record.
Both the convicts moved the High Court against the Session Court verdict, which acquitted them. The FIA then filed the appeal against the High Court verdict in the apex court. During the proceeding, the bench was informed that Ali Muhammad had expired.
The Chief Justice turning down the request of Qamar Abbas' counsel ordered that he may complete rest of sentence in prison. He, however, said that pardon/remissions in the sentence of imprisonment awarded to an offender is concerned, it can also be granted/extended to him under the laws. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa stated that such acts had destroyed the country's image around the world. "Now no one is willing to sign prisoners' extradition agreement with us," he further said. "Only due to this act, thousands of Pakistani captives are rotting out in foreign countries' lockups and then we ask why the world would not trust us," he added.