YAQOOB AND 4 Others vs THE STATE — 1962 PLD 390

Citation: 1962 PLD 390

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-05-14

Parties: YAQOOB AND 4 Others vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1962 Lah. 390

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Cheema Title: YAQOOB AND 4 Others vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Revision No. 1053 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1969-05-14 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 427 Result: case fail JUDGMENT JUDGMENT This Criminal Revision filed by five petitioners is directed against the judgment of the Sessions Judge, Rawalpindi, dated the 7th of September 19b7, by which he maintained their conviction under sections 148, 307/ 149, P. P. C. Recorded by the learned trial Magistrate with a concurrent award of one year and three years' R. 1. Respectively. They were also sentenced to a fine of Rs. 100 each under the second count or in default to undergo further four months' R: 1. Each. The appeal of the petitioners four co-accused who were similarly convicted was accepted giving them the benefit of doubt by the learned Sessions Judge. 2. The background of the case is that in the year 1965 one Banaras, a brother of Sabir, was allegedly murdered in village Soti-di-Pari, Police Station Bhara Kahu, District Rawal--pindi, to which the parties belong. Sher Ahmad, father of Mahboob Khan complainant in the instant case, his two brothers Muhammad Akhtar and Muhammad Ashmf and his uncle Faiz Ahmed were sent up by the police on charge of murder. The case was till pending inquiry when on the night between the 12th and the 13th of September 1965 the five petitioners along with four acquitted co-accused allegedly trespassed into the courtyard of the house of…

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