MUHAMMAD ASIF vs The STATE — 1962 PLD 792

Citation: 1962 PLD 792

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: MUHAMMAD ASIF vs The STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1962 Lah. 792

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri, Tufail Ali A. Rehman Title: MUHAMMAD ASIF vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 338 of 1970 and Confirmation Case No. 27 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-12-31 Reported As: 1972 PCr. LJ 1160 Result: Appeal partly allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Tufaii, Au A. Rehman, C. J.--The appellant in this case Muhammad Asif son of Ahmad Mian has been convicted by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Karachi for the murder of Qayamuddin son of Rashiduddin and has been sentenced to death; the case also comes up for confirmation of the death sentence. 2. The deceased in partnership with prosecution witness Khaliq Ahmad owned a chappal factory situated in the Picture House Street near Bunder Road, Karachi where the first informant Ehtishamul Haq was employed as a Manager. On the 6th of May 1968, the deceased as was his custom, came to the shop at about 8-00 p.m. or a little after when the workers of the factory had already left and examined the accounts of the day with his partner. They had just completed doing so and were about to close the shop when the appellant came and stood in front of the factory. It appears from the evidence and, indeed, it is the case of the appellant also that he was generally regarded in the neighbourhood as a gunda and an undesirable person. The deceased asked the appellant to go away but appellant, resenting this, abused him. An altercation followed in the course of which the appellant took out a…

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