MUHAMMAD SHARIF AND 3 OTHERS vs THE STATE — 1960 PLD 684

Citation: 1960 PLD 684

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-10-14

Parties: MUHAMMAD SHARIF AND 3 OTHERS vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1960 Lah. 684

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain Title: MUHAMMAD SHARIF AND 3 OTHERS vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Revision No, 76 of 1964 Date of Judgment:1969-10-14 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 57 Result: Revision petition allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The petitioners were sent up for trial under section 6 of the Public Order (Political Uniforms) Ordinance, 1958, on an allegation that on 14th March 1963, at 11 a.m., while donning on the uniform of Khaksar, they presented guard of honour to the Ghilaf-e-Ka'aba at the platform of Railway Station, Gujrat in contravention of the provisions of section 3 ibid. 2. Khan Azmat Ullah Khan, Additional District Magistrate, Gujrat, recorded statements of Muhammad Sharif and Muhammad Zaman, prosecution witnesses and came to the conclusion that their testimony did not establish a prima facie case against the petitioners. He, therefore, after observing, that the evidence of the remaining witness, namely, Khan Haq Nawaz Khan, Assistant Group Officer would not, in any way, improve the fate of the case, discharged the accused- petitioners under section 253, Cr. P. C. by his order, dated 28th May 1963. 3. The State went up in revision before the District Magistrate, who accepted the revision and directed the lower Court t) record the entire evidence. He based his decision on the fact that the statements of three more witnesses had yet to be recorded. 4. The three witnesses, who were to be examined are' Khan Haq Nawaz Khan,…

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