HASSAN vs THE STATE — 1963 PLD 83

Citation: 1963 PLD 83

Court: Baghdad-ul-Jadid

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: HASSAN vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1963 Kar. 83

Judgment Text

Court Name: Baghdad-ul-Jadid Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Cheema, Mushtaq Hussain Munir Title: HASSAN vs THE STATE Case No.:Criminal Appeal No. 499 (LHR)/57(BWP) of 1968 and Murder Reference No. JUDGMENT Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 598 Result: Appeal dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT MUSHTAQ HUSAIN MUNIR, J.-Hassan (30) was tried for the murder of his sister, Mst. Janati, by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bahawalpur at Bahawalnagar. He was convicted under section 302; P. P. C. And awarded sentence of death. He has come up in appeal and the case is also before us under section 374, Cr. P. C. For. The confirmation of death sentence. This judgment shall dispose of the appeal as also the aforesaid reference. 2. The appellant, although a Rajput by caste, is a bangle seller by profession. On the 26th of June 1967, he was returning from village Ramgarh Ghadan ---to village Jalalkhatoon, where he resided with his family, shortly after dopehrwela, in the company of his sisters, Mst. Noor Sain (P. W. 9) and Mst. Janati deceased. The distance between the two villages would be roughly about one and a half miles. When the appellant and the deceased and their sister Mst. Noor Sain were half way from their village and were passing through sarkanda. Plants, the appellant suddenly fired with a pistol at Mst. Janati deceased, who was ahead of him. She was about 18 years of age. The deceased was hit in the back and fell down. Mst. Noor Sain, who is about 16 years of age, asked the appellant,…

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