MOHAMMAD URIS AND 5 Others vs The STATE — 1971 SCMR 92

Citation: 1971 SCMR 92

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-08-17

Parties: MOHAMMAD URIS AND 5 Others vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 92

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: MOHAMMAD URIS AND 5 Others vs The STATE Case No.:Criminal Appeal No. 196 of 1968 Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. K-7 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-08-17 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 92 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER WAHIDUDDIN AHMAD, J.-Petitioners Mohammad Uris, Mohammad Hashim, Khan Mohammad, Mohammad Nawaz, Ali Akbar and Ali Nawaz were tried for the murder of Mahmood Sheikh and for causing simple injuries with lathis and hatchets to Ali Gohar, Yousuf and Roshan, by the Sessions Judge, Larkana, under section 302/149, P. P. C. They have been sentenced to transportation for life under section 302/149, P. P. C. They have also been sentenced to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment under section 323/149, P. P. C. And have been further sentenced to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment under section 148, P. P. C. The sentences are to run concurrently. Their conviction has been upheld by a Division Bench of the West Pakistan High Court, Karachi Bench, in Criminal Appeal No. 196 of 1968 by judgment dated the 9th January 1970. The prosecution case is that on the 5th July 1967 at Tiphari time in the portion of the land cultivated by deceased Mahmood Shaikh and Arbab, the petitioners came to the land. Ali Nawaz and Faizu incited the others to attack Mahmood and his com--panions who were uprooting the seedlings. Petitioners Uris and Akbar inflicted lathi blows on…

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