RASOOL BAKHSH vs THE STATE — 1949 PLD 453

Citation: 1949 PLD 453

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: RASOOL BAKHSH vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1949 Lah. 453

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Hamoodur Rahman, Mujibur Rahman Khan, Sajjad Ahmad Jan Title: RASOOL BAKHSH vs THE STATE Case No.:Criminal Appeal No. K-26 of 1969 Confirmation Case No. 50 of 1966 JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Supreme Court 316 Result: Appeal dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C. J.-This appeal by special leave arises out of a judgment of a Division Bench of the High Court of West Pakistan, Karachi Seat, upholding the con--viction of the appellant now before us for the murder of one Dhani Bux on the night between the 11th and the 12th of August 1965, near the entrance of the house of Shah Muhammad (P. W. 6) and confirming the sentence imposed upon him. The circumstances in which this incident took place may briefly be stated as follows: The appellant and his brother Lal Bux, who are Brohis by case, wanted the hand of one Mst. Roshna, the daughter of Shah Muhammad (P. W. 6), a case fellow, for the appellant. This was refused whereupon both the brothers left the village after threatening to abduct Mst. Roshna. They crossed the river and took up residence in village Phull in Taluka Naushahro Feroze, District Nawab Shah. Subsequently, Roshna was married to A.I Hassan, a grandson of the deceased Dhani Bux. On the night between the 11th and the 12th of August 1965, Mst. Roshna, who had come to meet her parents after her marriage and also to see her mother who was unwell, was sleeping in the courtyard of her father's house along with her…

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