GHULAM RASOOL Alias GHULAM HUSSAIN vs THE CROWN — 1971 SCMR 268

Citation: 1971 SCMR 268

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1954

Decision Date: 1954-01-19

Parties: GHULAM RASOOL Alias GHULAM HUSSAIN vs THE CROWN

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 SCMR 268

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Muhammad Shahabuddin, Sir Abdul Rashid, A. S. M. Akram Title: GHULAM RASOOL Alias GHULAM HUSSAIN vs THE CROWN Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 43 of 1953 Criminal Appeal No. 240 of 1952 Date of Judgment:1954-01-19 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 268 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT SHAHABUDDIN, J.-This is an appeal by special leave from the judgment of the High Court of Judicature at Lahore whereby the conviction for the murder of Mst. Ghulam Fatima and the sentence of death imposed on the appellant Ghulam Rasool alias Ghulam Hussain by the Sessions Judge of Gujranwala at Gujrat were confirmed and his appeal was dismissed. Mst. Ghulam Fatima, a resident of Dipalpur, Montgomery District, was on the morning of the 8th September 1951 found lying at the outer signal of Gujrat Railway Station with punctured wounds on either side of the abdomen and an incised wound on the palm of the left hand. On information being telephoned to Lalamusa Railway Station, P. W. 6 S. H. O. Of that station, came to Gujrat the same morning and recorded her statement which contains the following particulars. She was a resident of Dipalpur. One Ghulam Rasool, a tailor and a refugee from Ferozpur, who was living in her Mohalla in Dipalpur had asked her to arrange for his marriage. Three days prior to the date of the statement, in order to find a wife for Ghulam Hussain, she set out with him taking Rs. 150 in currency notes tied in a handkerchief. After…

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