SHAFU Alias SHAFI MUHAMMAD vs THE CROWN — 1971 SCMR 200

Citation: 1971 SCMR 200

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1953

Decision Date: 1953-05-25

Parties: SHAFU Alias SHAFI MUHAMMAD vs THE CROWN

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 SCMR 200

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Sir Abdul Rashid, Alvin R. Cornelius, A. S. M. Akram Title: SHAFU Alias SHAFI MUHAMMAD vs THE CROWN Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 12 of 1952 Confirmation Case No. 46 of 1951 Date of Judgment:1953-05-25 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 200 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT ABDUL RASHID, C. J.-This is an appeal, by the special leave, from a decision of the Chief Court of Sind confirming the sentences of death anal three years' rigorous imprisonment awarded to the appellant under sections 302 and 392 of the P. P. C. By the Additional Sessions Judge of Dadu. The deceased Morio left his home at Thano Bhula Khan on the morning of the 25th June 1950. His object in leaving home was to go to Janghri to invite some of his friends to attend the marriage of his brother Jaffar which was fixed for the evening of the 26th June. He reached Janghri, a distance of 10 miles from his own village, on his camel on the 25th June in the afternoon and invited his friends Talib to attend the wedding the next day. The deceased then left Janghri for his own village. As he did not arrive at Thano Bhula Khan till the evening of the 26th, his absence caused a great deal of anxiety to his brother Waroo and his other relatives. On the morning of the 27th June Waroo hired a camel and proceeded towards Janghri in search of his brother. At Janghri, Talib informed him that Morio had left on the afternoon of the 25th after inviting him to attend the marriage. Waroo…

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