MUHAMMAD ARIF vs The STATE — 1972 PCRLJ 476

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 476

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-10-18

Parties: MUHAMMAD ARIF vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 476

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): M. S. H. Qureshi Title: MUHAMMAD ARIF vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Revision No. 722 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-10-18 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 476 Result: Petition partly accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Muhammad Arif has filed this Criminal Revision against the dismissal by the Additional Sessions Judge, Lahore, of his appeal against his conviction and sentence under section 307, P. P. C. recorded by Magistrate Section 30, Lahore. The incident involved an attack by the petitioner wjth a knife on Muhammad Afzal P. W. The cricumstances leading to the incident as narrated by the prosecution witnesses are that the petitioner, whose father Ahmad Din had a shop in front of the house of Muhammad Aslam complainant, developed illicit relations with the complainant's sister Mst. Perveen aged about 13/14 years. Muhammad Aslam thereupon sent her away to live with her elder sister in Shahi Mohalla. On 2nd March 1969 when hardly a week had passed, he was told at 10 a.m. that the girl was missing from the house. He, therefore, told Ahmad Din to inquire from the petitioner about her whereabouts. Ahmad Din promised to do so and closing his shop went to his house. Muhammad Aslam complainant also closed his shop and went in search of the girl. It so happened that at about 2/2- 30 p.m. his brother Afzal and one Badar Din P. Ws. saw the gril Mst. Perveen sitting with the peti tioner in the Badshahi Mosque. On seeing them the petitioner ran away while…

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