Mst. JANNA T BI vs ISHTIAQ BAIG AND ANOTHER — 1971 PCRLJ 1322

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 1322

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-04-17

Parties: Mst. JANNA T BI vs ISHTIAQ BAIG AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 1322

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem Title: Mst. JANNA T BI vs ISHTIAQ BAIG AND ANOTHER Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 73 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-04-17 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 1322 Result: Petition accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The applicant has applied to this Court under section 561-A, Cr. P. C. For the quashment of the case pending against her and four other persons in the Court of Mr. A. D. Ansari, Additional City Magistrate, Karachi, under section 344, P. P. C. 2. It appears from the record of the case that respondent No. 1 filed a complaint in the Court of the Additional City Magistrate on 27th December 1969, in which he accused the applicant and the other persons of removing his wife. Mst. Shahnaz Begum, from his house and confining her in their house against her will. The applicant is the mother of Mst. Shahnaz Begum while the three other accused, namely Jalil, Jamil and Muhammad Jan are her sons and daughter. Haji, the fifth accused, is described as a landlord in the complaint. It was also alleged in the complaint that Mst. Shahnaz Begum was married to respondent No. 1 on 3rd November 1969 after she had obtained an order upon her application dated 16th August 1969 that she was free to exercise her free will as she was major. Upon this complaint, the learned Additional City Magistrate examined respondent No. 1 and to other witnesses, namely Ashfaq and Abbas, under section 200, Cr. P. C. And thereupon took cognizance of the offence…

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