SAINDAD AND 3 Others vs The STATE — 1970 SCMR 504

Citation: 1970 SCMR 504

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-01-07

Parties: SAINDAD AND 3 Others vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 504

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: SAINDAD AND 3 Others vs The STATE Case No.: Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. K-22 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-01-07 Reported As: 1970 SCMR 504 Result: Leave refused Judgment ORDER WAHIDUDDIN AHMAD, J.-The petitioners were tried for offences under sections 394, 397, 323 and 325/34, P. P. C., by the Sessions Judge, Sukkur, by order dated the 14th April 1967. The petitioners were acquitted of the charges under sections 394, 397 and 323, P. P. C. They were, however, convicted under section 325/34, P. P. C. And sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment each and also to pay a fine of Rs 500 or in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months. The petitioners challenged this judgment in Criminal Appeal No. 124 of 1967, which was dismissed on the 11th August 1969. The allegation against the petitioners is that on the 23rd October 1965, at about noon time when the complainant Nabi Bux was ploughing his land, the petitioners armed with lathis came and told him that he had been making complaints against them and in order to teach him a lesson, they forcibly took away his bullocks. Vile he was resisting, the petitioners gave him lathis blows. At this he raised alarm which attracted P. Ws. Ali Murad and Din Muhammad. These persons intervened but the petitioners gave them also lathi blows. All the three injured persons went to Bagerji Police Station and lodged the…

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