GHALIB HUSSAIN vs THE STATE — 1970 PCRLJ 969

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 969

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: GHALIB HUSSAIN vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1970 PCRLJ 969

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Zullah, Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad Title: GHALIB HUSSAIN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 549 and Murder Reference No. 169 of 1968 Date of Judgment:- Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 969 Result: Appeal partly accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT BASHIRUDDIN AHMAD, .J.-Ghalib Husain (20) and his younger brother Abdul Basit (13) were tried for the murder of Muhammad Munir, in furtherance of their common intention, on August27; 1966, by the Additional Sessions Judge, Bahawalpur, at Bahawalnagar, who acquitted Abdul Basit, but convicted Ghalib Husain under section 302, P. P. C. And sentenced him to suffer death. 2. The convicted person appealed and the case is also before us on reference under section 374, Cr. P. C., for confirmation of the death sentence. We propose to dispose of the appeal as well as the reference by a single judgment. 3. The case for the prosecution, briefly narrated, is that the appellant along with his brother had been demanding their share of the land left by Muhammad Rafiq and Muhammad Zaman; who were put to death some time before the present occurrence. The estate of the deceased persons had to be mutated in the names of Muhammad Iqbal, his brother Ghulam Farid and their sister Mst. Khudeja Begum. The appellant and his brother were considered not entitled to the inheritance of Mohd. Rafiq and Mohd. Zaman in the presence of Muhammad Iqbal, Ghulam Farid and Mst. Khadeja Begum. They, however, insisted that the…

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