RUSTAM vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 1112

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 1112

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-05-04

Parties: RUSTAM vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 1112

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem, Muhammad Ali Sayeed Title: RUSTAM vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 161 and Confirmation Case No. 20 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-05-04 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 1112 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD ALI SAYEED, J.--The appellant has been con--victed by the learned Additional Sessions .Fudge, Larkana under section 302, P. P. C. For having committed the murder or Murid and sentenced to death by his judgment dated 23-4-1970. This judgment of conviction and sentence has come up before us for confirmation. The appellant has also appealed against it: 2. Deceased Murid was a nephew of first informant Bux. Mst. Hawa, is the sister of deceased Murid and had been married to Mitho, uncle of the present appellant about 5 years before the incident. Mitho is said to have been deaf and dumb. Mst. Hawa continued to live with Mitho for some Years after her marriage but eventually left him and began to live with her brother Murid at village Fatehpur. The appellant and the ether relations of Mitho had been persuading Mst. Hawa, to return to her husband but in vain. This estrangement. It would appear, had led to bitterness between the to Families with the result that deceased Murid and his sister Mst. Hawa left their village and took up residence in Gambit. Mst. Hawa, thereafter obtained divorce from Mitho through the Court of law and was marric6 to one Gullo Jagirani. 3. A day before the incident Murid…

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