MUHAMMAD NAWAZ AND ANOTHER vs THE STATE: — 1963 PLD 118

Citation: 1963 PLD 118

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-06-27

Parties: MUHAMMAD NAWAZ AND ANOTHER vs THE STATE:

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1963 Kar. 118

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Siddiq Title: MUHAMMAD NAWAZ AND ANOTHER vs THE STATE: Case No.: Criminal Revision No. 529 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-06-27 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 297 Result: Petition partly allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Muhammad Nawaz (30 years) and his younger brother Haq Nawaz (25 years) were convicted by the Additional District Magistrate, Jhelum, under sections 307, 458 and 323, P. P. C. Read with section.34, P. P. C. And each of them was sentenced to undergo R. I. For three years under section 307/34, P. P. C. And to undergo R. 1. For one year each under sections 458/34 and 323/34, P. P. C. The learned Sessions Judge, Jhelum, under his orders dated the 10th of April 1968, affirmed the convictions and sentences under sections 307/34 and 458/34, P. P. C. And set aside the convictions and sentence under sec--tion 323/34, P. P. C. The petitioners have come, in revision against their convictions as well sentences. 2. According to the prosecution case, Muhammad Nawaz petitioner had been married to Mst. Ghulam Zohra (P. W. 2) about three years before the occurrence. The marriage had not been consummated and she had got her marriage dissolved from the Court of the Senior Civil Judge, Jhelum. Muhammad Nawaz petitioner had filed an appeal in the Court of the District Judge, Jhelum, which was pending at the time of the occurrence. Muhammad Nawaz had also brought a suit for the restitution of conjugal rights against Mst. Ghulam Zohra in the…

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