RIAZ KHAN vs THE STATE — 1966 PLD 602

Citation: 1966 PLD 602

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-31

Parties: RIAZ KHAN vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1966 SC 602

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Munir Farooqi, Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad Title: RIAZ KHAN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 849 of 1968 and Murder Reference No. 17 of 1969 Date of Judgment:- Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 575 Result: Sentence modified JUDGMENT JUDGMENT BASHIRUDDIN AHMAD. J.--Riaz Khan (26) was tried for the murder of Ghulam Rasool on 20-10-1966, by the Addi--tional Sessions Judge, Gujrat, who convicted him under sec--tion 302, P. P. C. And sentenced him to suffer death. 2.The condemned person appealed and the case is also before us on reference under section 374, Cr. P. Code, for confirmation of the death sentence. This judgment will dispose of the appeal as well as the reference. 3. The story for the prosecution, briefly narrated, is that All Muhammad, who is the father of the deceased, used to tether his cattle in the haveli of Haider Beg, with whom the appellant had civil litigation. Two days before the occurrence, under consideration, Riaz Khan told Ali Muhammad that he should not tether his cattle in the haveli of Haider Beg, who was his enemy. Ali Muhammad replied that he was the kamin and could not side with anybody in the village. The appel--lant felt annoyed and went away threatening Ali Muhammad. On the eventful day, at about sun-rise the, Ghulam Rasul deceased, who was a student, went to the village mosque in order to take a bath. The appellant reached there and began abusing the deceased. The deceased abused the appellant in…

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