HEKIM ALI vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 338

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 338

Court: Dhaka High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-04-27

Parties: HEKIM ALI vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 338

Judgment Text

Court Name: Dhaka High Court Judge(s): A. K. Muhammad Nurul Islam, A. Quasim Title: HEKIM ALI vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 256 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1970-04-27 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 338 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT A. QUASIM, J.-This appeal is directed against an order of conviction under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code passed by the .Additional Sessions Judge, Second Court, Sylhet. The appellant Hekim Ali along with Montaz Ali and Akal Ali were put on trial in the Court of Sessions. The charge against the appellant Hekim Ali was under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code for having caused the death of one Osman while the to co-accused were charged under section 324 of the Pakistan Penal Code for having caused hurt by means of sulphi to different persons in the same occurrence. The learned Additional Sessions Judge found all the three accused before him guilty of their respective charges. Thus the appellant Hekim Ali was sentenced to transportation for life, and the to co-accused were each sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year. The co-accused Montaz Ali and Akal Ali are not before us and thus the appeal is confined to the order bf conviction passed against Hekim Ali under sec--tion 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The learned Additional Sessions Judge held the trial with the help of three assessors all of whom found Hekim Ali guilty of the charge. Briefly stated, the prosecution case runs as follows: The…

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