MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE vs The STATE — 1972 PCRLJ 58

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 58

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-06-09

Parties: MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 58

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Abdul Qadir Sheikh, Imdad Ali H. Agha Title: MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 320 and Confirmation Case No. 41 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-06-09 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 58 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Abdul Kadir Shaikh, J.--The appellant, Muhammad Siddique son of Jalaluddin Sindhoo, aged 26 years, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Tharparkar at Sanghar, under section 302, P. P. C., and has been sentenced to death. The case is before us for the confirmation of the death sentence and also by way of an appeal from the convict. 2. The prosecution briefly stated is that Mst. Inayat Bibi daughter of Fateh Muhammad was firstly married to the appellant who after some time divorced her and then she was married to deceased Muhammad Hussain with whom she lived for about two years. Subsequently, her mother Barkat Bibi persuaded her to return to the appellant as he is the son of her husband's sister. About one and a half years thereafter, first Martial Law was imposed in the country and the deceased filed a complaint to the Martial Law authorities against his father-in-law Fateh Muhammad for the restoration of his wife. The dispute was settled between them on Fateh Muhammad giving in exchange his second daughter Mst. Shamim Akhtar to the deceased in marriage. The grudge between the appellant and the deceased, however, continued due to the controversy over Mst. Inayat Bibi which,…

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