ABDUL LATIF vs The STATE — 1971 SCMR 162

Citation: 1971 SCMR 162

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-01-19

Parties: ABDUL LATIF vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 162

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Mujibur Rahman Khan, Sajjad Ahmad Jan Title: ABDUL LATIF vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. K-29 of 1969 Criminal Appeal No. 158 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1971-01-19 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 162 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT M. R. KHAN, J.-This appeal, by special leave, is directed against the judgment and order of a learned Single Judge of the High Court of West Pakistan, Karachi Bench, in Criminal Appeal No. 158 of 1966, by which the conviction of the appellant under section 307 of the Pakistan Penal Code and his further conviction under section 13 (d) of the West Pakistan Arms Ordinance, 1965 were maintained and his sentence under the former section was reduced from rigorous imprisonment for 7 years to rigorous imprisonment for 4 years and the sentence of the rigorous impri--sonment for one year under the latter section was confirmed. The prosecution case was that on the night of the 31st Janu--ary 1965, P. Ws. Talib Hussain, Bhoro and Dodo went to a mosque in their village for Isha prayer. After offering prayers, Talib Hussain went to answer a call of nature, but his companions went back to their respective houses. Talib Hussain saw three persons standing in suspicious circumstances. On being challenged, those persons ran away. Thereafter, Talib Hussain took Bhuro, Dodo and others with him and all of them pursued those persons after tracking their foot-prints with torch lights. The…

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