Mst. WALAYAT JAN vs THE STATE — 1970 PLD 27

Citation: 1970 PLD 27

Court: High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-07-30

Parties: Mst. WALAYAT JAN vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1970 Azad J & K 27

Judgment Text

Court Name: High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Judge(s): Khawaja Muhammad Yousaf Saraf Title: Mst. WALAYAT JAN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Revision No. 100 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-07-30 Reported As: PLD 1970 Azad J & K 27 Result: Petitions accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT These are two petitions by the same woman, one under section 491, Cr. P. C. Challenging an order passed by the District Magistrate, Muzaffarabad, on 8-11-68 ordering her to leave her village and take up residence within the municipal limits of Muzaffarabad and the other against a similar order passed by his predecessor on 27-6-68 which expired on 27-9-68 and a revision against which to the Sessions Judge has failed. Both these petitions shall be disposed of by this judgment. The petitioner was tried by the Sessions Judge, Muzaffarabad, alongwith other persons under section 302 of the Penal Code on the charge of having got her husband Nazir Ahmad, a Petition--- writer, murdered for furtherance and fulfillment of an alleged criminal intrigue with one Badar Munir, a co-accused. Sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial Court, the High Court on appeal acquitted them. Subsequently, proceedings under section 108-A, Cr. P. C. Were initiated by relatives of the deceased. Consequently an order was passed by the District Magistrate, Muzaffarabad on 27-6-69 ordering the petitioner not to reside or remain within the limits of Police Station Danna and to reside within the municipal limits of Muzaffarabad. This…

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