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Petitioner: SHADA and others VS Respondent: SARFRAZ and others
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Sh. Riaz Ahmad Title: SHADA and others vs SARFRAZ and others Case No.: Writ Petition No.1120 of 1987 Date of Judgment:1987-04-18 Reported As: 1987 MLD 818 Result: Order accordingly
Judgment ORDER ' Learned Advocate-General has very ably argued this case and has drawn my attention to the provision of section 17(4), Cr.P.C. Learned Advocate-General has frankly conceded that under the aforesaid provision an Additional Sessions Judge in the absence of a Sessions Judge should have only dealt with an urgent application. Since issue involved in this case is a complaint therefore, according A to the Advocate-General the same should not have been dealt a considered as an urgent application. There is substance interm of the learned A.-G. And accordingly the order impugned is hereby set aside. The complaint shall now be sent to the Sessions Judge, who shall deal with the matter afresh in accordance with law.