ABDUL AZIZ vs THE STATE — 1971 PLD 732

Citation: 1971 PLD 732

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-02-15

Parties: ABDUL AZIZ vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 732

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain Title: ABDUL AZIZ vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Revision No, 160 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-02-15 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 732 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER A case was registered under section 307, P. P. C. at Police Station Taunsa, with regard to the attempted murder of Shahru against the petitioner and one Muhammad Ibrahim. On the death of Shahru, the offence was changed into one under section 302 read with section 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The matter was investigated and the petitioner was held to be guilty, but on an application, preferred by Nizam Din, Mr. Ilam-ud-Din Qureshi re-investigated it. He found that the petitioner was innocent. He was placed in column No, 2. The Court, however, did not agree with the police report and by order dated 9th July 1970, summoned him as an accused. The petitioner then applied to the Sessions Judge, Dera Ghazi Khan, for grant of bail. His petition was heard by the District Magistrate, during the absence of the Sessions Judge on 12th August 1969, and he was admitted to bail. He remained on bail throughout the commitment proceedings when on 7th January 1971, by the impugned order, his bail was impliedly cancelled, inasmuch, as he was taken into custody, when he was committed to the Court of Sessions to stand trial on a charge of murder, along with his co-accused. The petitioner has approached this Court by way of the instant revision petition…

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