MUHAMMAD BASHIR Alias SHIKRA vs The STATE — 1970 SCMR 351

Citation: 1970 SCMR 351

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-01-27

Parties: MUHAMMAD BASHIR Alias SHIKRA vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 351

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: MUHAMMAD BASHIR Alias SHIKRA vs The STATE Case No.:Criminal Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 289 of 1969 Criminal Appeal No. 801 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1970-01-27 Reported As: 1970 SCMR 351 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER WAHIDUDDIN AHMAD, J.-The petitioner who was employed as a line man in the Electricity Department, Sahiwal and was posted at Chak No. 116/12. L, was tried on a charge under section 302 for the murder of Mst. Sakina, were of Sultan, which was alleged to have been committed at maghrib-wela on the 11th June 1967, in Chak No. 116/12. L, Police Station Kassowal, District Sahiwal. The learned Sessions Judge, Sahiwal convicted and sentenced him to death and to a fine of Rs. 200 or in default three months' rigorous imprisonment. His appeal was dismissed by a Division Bench of the West Pakistan High Court, Lahore, in Murder Reference No. 243 of 1968 (Criminal Appeal No. 801 of 1968), by judgment dated the 8th October 1969. The prosecution case is that the petitioner, who was living in the baithak of P. W. Sultan, about a month and a half before the alleged murder, sent a message through Mst. Rani P. W. 11 to the deceased that she should develop a liaison with him. The deceased did not agree and rebuked Mst. Rani. Some 4 or 5 days before the occurrence, he again sent a massage through Mst. Rani but the deceased refused to have any connection with him.…

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