ALI MUHAMMAD vs Hakim MUHAMMAD SHAFI — 1961 PLD 432

Citation: 1961 PLD 432

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-14

Parties: ALI MUHAMMAD vs Hakim MUHAMMAD SHAFI

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1961 Kar. 432

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Ataullah Sajjad Title: ALI MUHAMMAD vs Hakim MUHAMMAD SHAFI Case No.: Criminal Revision No. 414 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-12-14 Reported As: PLD 1972 Lahore 751 Result: A. Judgment ORDER OF REFERENCE The brief facts of this case are as follows:- 1. That Ali Muhammad petitioner along with his wife and children was residing in a chobara which he had rented from, its owner Hakim Muhammad Shafi respondent. It so happened that Ali Muhammad petitioner, along with his family after locking all his household effects in the chobara went to Azad Kashmir for a period of two months or so. Hakim Muhammad Shafi respondent took advantage of this temporary absence of the petitioner and on 22-12-1969 reported at the police station that Ali Muhammad was not paying him rent and had stealthily run away during night time after locking the chobara which was lying vacant. Thereafter on 9-1-1970 the respondent presented an application to Raja Hamesh Gul, Magistrate, Sahiwal to the effect that Ali Muhammad, his tenant, had gone to some unknown place after locking his chobara in which only one or two cots were lying, therefore, its lock be got broken and possession delivered to him. The Magistrate after getting a report from the police on 17-1-1970 ordered the police that the lock of the chobara be broken and its possession. Be handed over to the respondent and if anything was found in the chobara it should be entrusted to the respondent on supardari. The…

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