SARGODHA vs AHMAD BAKHSH Case No — 1970 PLD 343

Citation: 1970 PLD 343

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD., SARGODHA vs AHMAD BAKHSH

Headnotes

Result: Order accordingly Judgment JUDGMENT M. KHAN, J.-This appeal by special leave is directed against the order of a learned Single Judge of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, passed on an application of the respondent, Ahmad Bakhsh made under section 517 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Mujibur Rahman Khan, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD., SARGODHA vs AHMAD BAKHSH Case No.:Criminal Appeal No. 62 of 1969 Criminal Miscellaneous No. 3195 of 1963 r. P. JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Supreme Court 343 Result: Order accordingly Judgment JUDGMENT M. R. KHAN, J.-This appeal by special leave is directed against the order of a learned Single Judge of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, passed on an application of the respondent, Ahmad Bakhsh made under section 517 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The respondent made the said application in the following circumstances :- One Ahmad A.I Siddiqui and five others including Amanat Hussain an approver, entered into a criminal conspiracy and in furtherance of that conspiracy defrauded the Central Co--operative Bank Ltd., Sargodha (hereinafter called the Co--operative Bank) to the tune of Rs. 1,94,000. They were tried by the Sessions Judge, Shahpur district at Sargodha for offences under sections 120-8, 379, 420, 467 and 477 of the Pakistan Penal Code. All the accused persons including Ahmad A.I Siddiqui were found guilty and variously sentenced on the 12th October 1959. After the discovery of the conspiracy, Ahmad A.I Siddiqui who was the mastermind behind it, was arrested on the 19th September 1956. On interrogation by the Police, he gave out that he had kept currency notes of the value of Rs. 16,000 in deposit with Ahmad Bakhsh, the…

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