MAUJ ALI vs Syed SAFDAR HUSSAIN SHAH AND ANOTHER — 1970 SCMR 437

Citation: 1970 SCMR 437

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-04-08

Parties: MAUJ ALI vs Syed SAFDAR HUSSAIN SHAH AND ANOTHER

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 437

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Sajjad Ahmad Jan Title: MAUJ ALI vs Syed SAFDAR HUSSAIN SHAH AND ANOTHER Case No.: Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 47 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-04-08 Reported As: 1970 SCMR 437 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER WAHIDUDDIN AHMAD, J.-This petition for special leave to appeal is directed against the order of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, dated the 20th February 1970, whereby Mst. Musarrat Allah Bandi alias Ladoo, daughter of the peti--tioner, was allowed to go with Syed Safdar Hussain respondent No. 1, her husband. Petitioner's case is that Mst. Musarrat was abducted by respondent No. 1 from the premises of Shama Cinema, Sahiwal in respect of which an F. I. R. Bearing No. 286 was lodged on the 4th November 1969, with Police Station "B" Division, Sahiwal, under sections 363/366, P. P. C. A challan has been submitted in the Court of Magistrate at Sahiwal. On the other hand, respondent No. 1's allegation is that Mst. Musarrat was aged 18 years. She is a singing girl but she decided to enter into marriage with him and was married on the 7th November 1969 at Rawalpindi. He further alleged that Syed Bunyad Hussain respondent before the High Court, has disapproved of this marriage and had taken away Mst. Musarrat against her will in the house of Ch. Akbar Khan of Clifton Colony, Lahore. He, therefore, filed an application for the recovery of Mst. Musarrat under section 491, Cr. P. C. A…

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