BASHIR AHMAD vs The STATE — 1971 SCMR 225

Citation: 1971 SCMR 225

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-03-12

Parties: BASHIR AHMAD vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 225

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Salahuddin Ahmad, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: BASHIR AHMAD vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 47 of 1968 Criminal Original No. 35 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1971-03-12 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 225 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT SALAHUDDIN AHMED, J.-This appeal is from an order of a learned Single Judge of the erstwhile High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, convicting the appellant for contempt of Court and sentencing him to suffer simple imprisonment for two months. It appears that upon an application under section 491 of the Criminal Procedure Code, made before the High Court by one Ghulam Nabi, the Court by its order dated 9-2-1968, directed the recovery and production of the detenus through a Bailiff. The allegations contained in the application were that the appellant had detained the wife and children of the said Ghulam Nabi in order to compel him to work in the fields of the appellant. In pursuance of this direction the Bailiff having requisitioned police help went along with a Sub-Inspec--tor of Police and the petitioner, to the residence of the appellant and searched his house but failed to find the detenus. On inquiry the Bailiff was told by the appellant that the latter had passed on the detenus to his brother in Sialkot District. The appellant, however, accepted the notice issued by the High Court and gave an undertaking that he would arrange to produce the detenus before the High Court on the…

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