FAZAL KARIM vs PARVEEN AKHTAR And ANOTHER — 1972 PCRLJ 185

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 185

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-05-25

Parties: FAZAL KARIM vs PARVEEN AKHTAR And ANOTHER

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 185

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Aslam Riaz Hussain Title: FAZAL KARIM vs PARVEEN AKHTAR And ANOTHER Case No.: Date of Judgment:1971-05-25 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 185 Result: Petition dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT This is an application by Fazal Karim son of Qasam Ali for the quashment of criminal proceedings in the case title Parveen Akhtar v. Fazal Karim under section 406, P. P. C. read with section 4(3) of the West Pakistan Dowery (Prohibition of Display) Act, 1967, pending against him in the Court of a Magistrate in Gujrat. 2. The facts of the case as stated in the present application briefly are that Fazal Karim petitioner was married to Parveen Akhtar respondent on the 18th of December 1968. After a short span of 7 months however their relations became strained as a result of which he divorced her on the 26th of January 1970. Mst. Parveen Akhtar filed a complaint against the petitioner under section 406, P. P. C. on the 26th of March 1970 inter alia alleging that the dowery given to her by her parents had been entrusted to the petitioner who misappropriated it and brought it to his own use and that he has refused to return the same (A copy of the complaint is attached as Annex. 'A' with the present ap plication). The case is pending trial in the Court of Mr. Khurshid- uz-Zaman, Magistrate 1st Class, Gujrat. The evidence has been recorded and the case is stated to be ripe for announcement of judgment. 3. The main ground urged by the learned counsel for the…

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