MUBARIK ALI vs THE STATE Case No — 1970 PCRLJ 711

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 711

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-09-30

Parties: MUBARIK ALI vs THE STATE

Headnotes

711 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, J.-Mubarak Ali, aged 26 years has been convicted and sentenced to death under section 302, P. By the Additional Sessions Judge, Lahore Camp, Sheikhupra, vide his judgment, dated 8th August 1968.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Zullah, Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad Title: MUBARIK ALI vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 667 of 1968 and Murder Reference.21 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-09-30 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 711 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, J.-Mubarak Ali, aged 26 years has been convicted and sentenced to death under section 302, P. P. C. By the Additional Sessions Judge, Lahore Camp, Sheikhupra, vide his judgment, dated 8th August 1968. The convict has appealed and the case is also before us under section 374, Cr. P. C., for the confirmation of the death sentence. 2. The prosecution case, as disclosed in the evidence, is that Afzal Ahmad (P. W. 2) wanted his daughter Mst. Mussarat Bibi to marry Rehmat Ullah deceased, after getting divorce from her husband Ali Akbar (P. W. 20). The appellant who is the real brother of Mst. Mussarat Bibi did not like this idea because he wanted her to remain faithful to her husband. There was another cause for estrangement between the father and the son (appellant) on account of the fact that Afzal Ahmad had contracted a second marriage with Mst. Zeenat Begum, in 1947. She used to live with him while the appellant and his mother along with her other children started living in the house of his maternal grand--father at lyallpur and was not on visiting terms with his father. The mother of the appellant had died in 1959/60 and it was in these circumstances that with the…

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