MUHAMMAD BUX And 8 Others vs The STATE — 1972 PCRLJ 195

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 195

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-05-24

Parties: MUHAMMAD BUX And 8 Others vs The STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 195

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem, Muhammad Ali Sayeed Title: MUHAMMAD BUX And 8 Others vs The STATE Case No.: Confirmation Case No. 27 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-05-24 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 195 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Muhammad Haleem, J.--Appellants Muhammad Bux, Abdul Haq, Abdul Ghafoor, Abdul Karim, Abdul Majid, Jehan Khan, Saleh, Dilijan and Yaqub were tried for the murders of Muhammad Siddiq, Ayub and Kewro and were convicted under section 302 read with section 149, P. P. C. and section 148, P. P. C., on the first count each of them was sentenced to death and on the second to two years' rigorous imprisonment by the learned Sessions Judge, Larkana vide judgment dated 13th June 1970. They have appealed against their convictions while the learned Sessions Judge has referred the case for the confirmation of their death sentences. This judgment will dispose of both the appeal and the reference. 2. The prosecution case is that a little before sunset on 21st November 1968 while Gulab was standing in front of his house he heard gun-report coming from the site of "Qureshi water course" followed by cries upon which he ran in that direction. Ali Bux also followed him and on reaching there, they saw the appellants and out of them Abdul Ghafoor, Abdul Majid and Abdul Haq were engaged in causing hatchet blows to Muhammad Siddiq while Dilijan, Abdul Karim and Jehan Khan were belabouring Ayub with their hatchets and Saleh and Yaqub…

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