IBRAHIM AND 3 Others vs The STATE — 1971 SCMR 25

Citation: 1971 SCMR 25

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Parties: IBRAHIM AND 3 Others vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 25

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Hamoodur Rahman, Mujibur Rahman Khan Title: IBRAHIM AND 3 Others vs The STATE Case No.:Criminal Revision No. 698 of 1969 Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. JUDGMENT Reported As: 1971 SCMR 25 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C. J.-The petitioners in this case were convicted by the Assistant Sessions Judge, Rangpur, under section 447 of the Pakistan Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three months each. The petitioners Nos. 3 and 4 were further convicted under section 323 of the Pakistan Penal Code and sentence to rigorous imprisonment for one year each and the petitioner No. 2 was further convicted under section 324 of the Pakistan Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous imprison--ment for two years. All their sentences were, however, to run concurrently. On appeal, the learned Sessions Judge of Rangpur upheld the convictions under sections 447 and 324 of the Pakistan Penal Code but reduced the sentence under section 324 of the Pakistan Penal Code from two years to one year only. The conviction and sentences of the petitioners Nos. 3 and 4 under section 323 of the Pakistan Penal Code were, however, set aside. The petitioners went up in revision before the High Court but a learned Single Judge summarily rejected their revisional petition. They now seek special leave to appeal to this Court. The case against them was that they had all variously armed, on the 2nd of August 1967 at…

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