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Petitioner: NASRULLAH KHAN VS Respondent: THE STATE
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Zafarullah Title: NASRULLAH KHAN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 790/Q of 1978 Date of Judgment:1986-04-22 Reported As: 1986 P Cr. L J 2856 Result: Petition dismissed
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT A criminal case pending against the petitioner in a criminal Court at Wazirabad which was registered against him at the instance of Fateh Muhammad complainant, is sought to be quashed through this criminal miscellaneous. An agreement, dated 22-1-1975 for sale of land, said to have been executed by the complainant, in favour of the petitioner, is the subject-matter of the criminal case. 2. It is contended that before registration of the criminal case, the petitioner brought a civil suit for specific performance of the agreement aforesaid and till its decision the criminal Court should not have proceeded with the hearing of the criminal matter. Some other pleas have also been urged to show that the registration of the case itself was an abuse of the process of law. 3. These contentions need not be adjudicated upon in these proceedings for these can well be raised by the petitioner before the learned trial Magistrate in pursuance of the provision of section 249-A. Cr.P.C. If such an application is made, it shall be decided before embarking upon the hearing on merits. With these observations, the criminal miscellaneous is disposed of.