ASADULLAH vs MUHAMMAD ALI AND 5 OTHERS — 1971 PLD 541

Citation: 1971 PLD 541

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-06-04

Parties: ASADULLAH vs MUHAMMAD ALI AND 5 OTHERS

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Supreme Court 541

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Salahuddin Ahmad, Mujibur Rahman Khan, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: ASADULLAH vs MUHAMMAD ALI AND 5 OTHERS Case No.: Criminal Appeal No, 25 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1971-06-04 Reported As: PLD 1971 Supreme Court 541 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMM AD YAQUB ALI, J.--This is an appeal by a private complaint from the judgment and order of a Division Bench of the erstwhile High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore Seat, dated the 26th October 1966, setting aside the conviction of the respondents 1 to 5 under sections 148, 302, 201 and 460, P. P. C. and acquitting them all. The incident in relation to which the respondents were charged took place on the night between 19th and 20th March 1964, at Chah Isawala, in the area of Keetan Kalan, Tehsil Chunian in District Lahore. Six persons were killed by gunshots in the incident, namely, Mst. Kariman, her sons Mohammad Shafi, Ahmad Din and Shamoo, a daughter Mst. Begum Bibi and a sister Mst. Chiragh Bibi. After putting the victims to death their dead bodies were thrown on a stack of cotton sticks lying in the courtyard of the house and put to fire. According to the first information report lodged by Asad-ullah, appellant, husband of Mst. Begum Bibi, deceased, at Police Station Chunian, at a distance of 8 miles from the place of occurrence, the culprits were Mohammad Ali, Yasin, Sarwar, Ishaq alias Sadiq and Bashir, respondents. Of these Sarwar and Bashir have died during…

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