MUHAMMAD RAMZAN vs THE STATE — 1970 PCRLJ 1221

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 1221

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-11-28

Parties: MUHAMMAD RAMZAN vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1970 PCRLJ 1221

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad Title: MUHAMMAD RAMZAN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 230 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-11-28 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 1221 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Five persons, namely, Muhammad Husain, Bashir Ahmad, Muhammad Ramzan, Gul Akbar and Muhammad Hafeez were separately tried for committing rape upon Mst. Sakina Bibi, by Mr. Talib Hussain, Section 30 Magistrate, Jhelum, who convicted and sentenced each one of them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and were also awarded 15 stripes. 2. The convicted persons filed separate appeals questioning their conviction and the sentences. As the evidence in all the cases is the same, I propose to dispose of the five appeals by a single judgment. 3. The facts of the case, shortly stated, are that on September 11, 1967, Mst. Sakina Bibi arrived at Jhelum from Peshawar. She went to Hurriat Bus Stand for going to Ali Beg, which is in Azad Kashmir territory. She contacted Muhammad Ramzan, who was standing near a bus and asked him whether the bus was ready to go to Ali Beg. Muhammad Ramzan replied in the affirmative. Mst. Sakina Bibi got into the bus. No other passenger was there in the bus at that time. Muhammad Ramzan started the bus, drove it to some distance and then brought back the vehicle to the bus stand. He told Mst. Sakina Bibi that he could not get any other passenger for Mirpur and would go early the next morning to Mirpur via Ali…

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