ZAINAL ABEDIN AND Another vs THE STATE — 1970 PCRLJ 776

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 776

Court: Dacca

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-10-16

Parties: ZAINAL ABEDIN AND Another vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1970 PCRLJ 776

Judgment Text

Court Name: Dacca Judge(s): Ahsanuddin Choudhury, A. M. Sayem Title: ZAINAL ABEDIN AND Another vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 49 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1969-10-16 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 776 Result: Orders accordingly JUDGMENT JUDGMENT A. M. SAYEM, J.--This appeal is by Zninul Abedin alias Janu and his father Maaaharuddin Ahmed. They were placed before an Additional Sessions Judge of Barisal to face a trial in connection with an occurrence at Sujabad within Nalchity P. S. Resulting in the death of one Syed Yakub Ali. 1n agreement with the unanimous opinion of four assessors who assisted in the trial, the learned Additional Sessions Judge convicted Zainul Abedin under section 302, P. P. C. And the other appellant under section 302/109, P. P. C., sentencing them each to transportation for life. Hence the appeal. It was not disputed at the trial that Syed Yakub Ali died soon after having sustained an injury on the neck on the 17th Jaistba, 1372 B. S., corresponding to the 31st May 1965, Mr. Shah Fazlul Huq Choudhury, who held the autopsy, described the injury found on the dead body as follows: - "One 3" x 1--"x 2" cut wound at the root of the neck on the left side in front, the wound extending from just above the middle of the left clavicle downward and medially terminating at the lower margin of the left starno-clavicular joint. Left carotid artery was cut. Left clavicle was also cut." In the opinion of the doctor the injury on the deceased was caused by a…

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