BAJA AND 2 OTHERS vs THE STATE — 1966 PLD 6583

Citation: 1966 PLD 6583

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-03-18

Parties: BAJA AND 2 OTHERS vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1966 SC 6583

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain Title: BAJA AND 2 OTHERS vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No, 350 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-03-18 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 195 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER This is an application under section 498 of the Criminal Procedure Code for grant of bail by Baja and Ahmad, sons of Suleman and Sarang alias Saroo, son of Jewna, who have been sent up along with two others, namely, Shahadat and Rajada for the murder of Ahmad and Allah Ditta deceased and making murderous assault upon Ghulam and Jagdev P. Ws. 2. The motive for the alleged occurrence, in which two persons lost their lives is stated to be, that Shahadat accused was suspected of the commission of theft of buffaloes of Thiraj P. W. The latter pressed the former for their restoration. Shahadat accused, however, produced Bahadur Loona, brother of Ghulam P. W. as his surety. Sometime after this incident, Thiraj P. W. recovered his buffaloes from one Rehana Luk, who informed him that the same had been made over to him by Shahadat accused. Since Bahadur, brother of Ghulam P. W. had stood surety, Thiraj pressed him to pay the surety money. However, in lieu thereof, Bahadur gave him a buffalo. The matter did not end there. Lal P. W., a nephew of Bahadur, filed a suit in the local Union Council, with regard to the recovery of the amount (the price of the buffalo) from Shahadat accused and obtained a decree both against Shahadat and Sarang…

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