MUHAMMAD ASLAM vs THP STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 123

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 123

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-07-14

Parties: MUHAMMAD ASLAM vs THP STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 123

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Cheema Title: MUHAMMAD ASLAM vs THP STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 2 of 1965 Date of Judgment:1970-07-14 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 123 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Muhammad Aslam appellant was tried and convicted by the learned Special Judge, Anti- Corruption Establishment, Lahore, vide the impugned judgment dated the 19th of December 1964: for having abetted the offence of bribery punishable under section 165-A, P. P. C., with an award of six months' R. I. And a fine of Rs. 300 or further three months' R. I. In default of payment thereof. 2. The prosecution case briefly is that on the 16th of July 1963, the appellant, who, at one the, was employed as a Meter Clerk and was discharged from service sometime in May 1963 approached Amin Ullah P. W. 3, also a Meter Inspector, in the Second Lyallpur Division of the Electricity Department, with Headquarters at Sukheke, at his residence in Sheikhupura where he lived for want of residential accommodation at his Head--quarters, and promised to pay him Rs. 200 as illegal gratification for reversion of meters of four tube-wells and one factory in Hafizabad with a view to show lesser consumption of energy and actually made over Rs. 50 in part payment of the promised amount. The details on that on the previous day, I e. 15th July 1963, Amin Ullah returned from his work in the evening and was delivered ruqqa Exh. P. A. By his wife. The ruqqa which is admitted by he…

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