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Petitioner: ABDUL RASHEED MUHAMMAD FAROOQ VS Respondent: THE STATE
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Shakirullah Jan, Raja Fayyaz Ahmad Title: ABDUL RASHEED MUHAMMAD FAROOQ vs THE STATE Case No.:Criminal Miscellaneous Applications Nos. 86, 255 of 2007 in Jail Petitions
Nos. 509, 100 of 2006 Date of Judgment:2009-03-31 Reported As: 2011 SCMR 828 Result: Leave granted Judgment ORDER ' IFTIKHAR MUHAMMAD CHAUDHRY, C.J.---Learned counsel for the petitioners stated that as there is a partial compromise between the parties, therefore, in view of the law laid down in the case of Sh. Muhammad Aslam and another v. Shaukat Ali alias Shauka and others (1997 SCM R 1307) he is pressing these jail petitions for leave to appeal to the extent of reduction in the sentence of death awarded to the convicts. 2. Leave to appeal is granted only to examine the question of quantum of sentence in the given, circumstances of the case. Appeals be prepared on the same record as only question of quantum of sentence is involved. 3. Therefore, appeals arising out these petitions are directed to be fixed within a period of three months.