Din Muhammad vs The State — 1970 SCMR 857

Citation: 1970 SCMR 857

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Headnotes

Result: Appeal allowed Judgment JUDGMENT AMIRUDDIN AHMAD, J.-This is an appeal on special leave by this Court from a judgment and order of the Karachi Bench of the High Court of West Pakistan, dated the 14th February 1956, allowing a Government appeal against acquittal of the appellant and convicting and sentencing him to death under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The facts on which the appellant was prosecuted on a charge of murdering his brother's were, named Mst.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s):Muhammad Shahabuddin, Alvin R. Cornelius, Muhammad Sharif, JUDGMENT Reported As: 1970 SCMR 857 Result: Appeal allowed Judgment JUDGMENT AMIRUDDIN AHMAD, J.-This is an appeal on special leave by this Court from a judgment and order of the Karachi Bench of the High Court of West Pakistan, dated the 14th February 1956, allowing a Government appeal against acquittal of the appellant and convicting and sentencing him to death under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The facts on which the appellant was prosecuted on a charge of murdering his brother's were, named Mst. Sahib Khatoon, may be briefly stated as follows: Sahib Khatoon was the were of Muhammad Sulleman, a brother of the appellant, who is a member of the Police force. She used to live with her husband wherever he was posted till his transfer to Dadu where family quarters were not available to him and he left his were with his brother, the appellant Din Muhammad, who lived with his mother Mst. Mahnaz, his younger brother Sidik who is deaf and dumb and his were Mst. Hajiani. The deceased was not pulling on well with her husband's relations. On the 23rd of September 1953 at 10 p.m. The appellant Din Muhammad reported at the Police Station Dadu that his brother Sulleman's were Mst. Sahib Khatoon who was living in a house adjacent to his in the village of Karam Khan Lund had committed suicide by hanging herself; that she was not on good terms with her mother-in-law Mst.…

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