BAKHU vs The STATE — 1972 PCRLJ 131

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 131

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-07-08

Parties: BAKHU vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 131

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Zullah, Ataullah Sajjad Title: BAKHU vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 529 and Murder Reference No. 124 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-07-08 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 131 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Muhammad Afzal Zullah, J.--Bakhu aged 35 years, has been convicted under section 302, P. P. C. for the murder of Mst. Fateh Bibi in the area of Mansoor Sial Police Station Atharan Hazari, District Jhang and sentenced to death by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Lyallpur at Jhang, vide his judgment dated 28th May 1969. The convict has appealed and the reference is also before us for the confirmation of the sentence of death. Both the matters are being disposed of by this judgment. 2. The prosecution case as disclosed in the F. I. R. which was lodged by Elahi Bakhsh P. W. who claims to have identified the culprit soon after the occurrence, is as follows :-- Bakhu appellant had asked for the hand of Mst. Fateh Bibi the deceased but Raja her father did not agree. About a month before the occurrence which took place on the morning of 5th June 1968 Bakhu appellant was seen near the cot of the deceased in her house when Raja woke up and gave a sola blow to the appellant who ran away. On account of this incident Raja betrothed his daughter to Rab Nawaz son of Elahi Bakhsh the first informant who at that time was a lad of 15 or 16 years of age. This match did not materialise. Therefore, the deceased…

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