MUHAMMAD NAWAZ--Convict vs The STATE — 1971 PLD 703

Citation: 1971 PLD 703

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-03-05

Parties: MUHAMMAD NAWAZ--Convict vs The STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 703

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Khan Title: MUHAMMAD NAWAZ--Convict vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No, 279 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1971-03-05 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 703 Result: Order accordingly JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Muhammad Nawaz (20) was tried for the murder of his sister, Mst. Zubaida, in the early hours of the 26th October 1967, in front of his house, situate at Chak No, 35/Janoobi, Police Station Bhagtanwala, District Sargodha. By judgment dated the 16th April 1969, the learned Sessions Judge, Sargodha, convicted him under section 304, Part I, P. P. C. and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years. He preferred this appeal to have his conviction and sentence set aside. 2. Raja Muhammad Anwar, learned counsel for the appellant, stated at the Bar that he did not question the conviction of the appellant under section 304, Part I, P. P. C. but urged that in the circumstances of the case (killing of the sister, by the brother, on a point of honour) the sentence should be suitably reduced. 3. In view of this stand, the following statement of facts will suffice:-- Muhammad Nawaz appellant and Mst. Zubaida deceased are the son and daughter of Allah Ditta, who died a few years before the occurrence. The appellant has a step-brother Talehmand (P. W. 12). The appellant and Talehmand lived in two portions of one and the same ahata. Mst. Zubaida lived with the appellant. Mst. Attia Begum (sister of the appellant and the…

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