MUHAMMAD ALI vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 1070

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 1070

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-01-13

Parties: MUHAMMAD ALI vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 1070

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Aslam Riaz Hussain Title: MUHAMMAD ALI vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 8313 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-01-13 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 1070 Result: Petition allowed Judgment ORDER This is an application by Muhammad Ali son of Bagga under section 497/498, Cr. P. C. He is accused of an offence under section 302/2ul, P. P. C. 2. The facts of the case are that the petitioner had to sons and to daughters, out of whom Mst. Razia aged 20/23 years, developed illicit intimacy with Hameeda Zargar and became pregnant as a result of thereof.' It is alleged that in order to cover up the matter the petitioner set afloat a rumour that he had sent his daughter Mst. Razia to his maternal cousin Maqbool son of Usman, who resided in another village, for treatment. It was however found out recently that Mst. Razia was not in the house of the said Maqbool. An F. I. R. Was, therefore, lodged on 3rd August 1970, by Ali Muhammad Lambardar of the village, that the petitioner had murdered his daughter Mst. Razia, about a year ago and had thrown her body in the river near village Jindarka. Investigation was started by the police on the above-noted F. I. R. Two persons namely, Fazil son of Wali Muhammad and Wali Mohd. Son of Lashkar Khan stated before the police that the petitioner had made an extra judicial confession before them admitting that he had murdered his daughter and had thrown her body in the river near village Jindarka. The…

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