NAZRA vs THE STATE — 1963 PLD 684

Citation: 1963 PLD 684

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-06-24

Parties: NAZRA vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1963 Kar. 684

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Feroze Nana Ghulam Ali Title: NAZRA vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 645 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1969-06-24 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 163 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The appellant was convicted under section 376, P. P. C. And sentenced to five years R. I. By the learned Section 30 agl1strate, Gujrat. The prosecution case is that sometime before the occurrence which took place on or about the 2nd June 1965 Mst. Irshad Bibi, the daughter of the complainant Allah Ditta, had been a consenting party to eloping with the appellant on his promises of gifts to fancy garments and orna--ments. The report was lodged on 3rd June 1965 by Allah Ditta and it was stated therein that two or three days earlier Mst. Irshad Bibi had eloped with the appellant and that she had been brought back by Khuda Bux and Nazra, P. W. 4. And P. W. 5 and that she had been returned at the intervention of Khuda Bux and Nazra who had handed her over to her father: The case was reg1stered on the basis of an application by Allah Ditta addressed to the S. P., Gujrat. Mst. Irshad Bibi was medically examined after she had been restored and the appellant was thereafter challaned. Some details of the prosecution were that the appellant met Mst. Irshad Bibi by appointment and went to her house when she was alone, that at about late in the night Mst. Irshad Bibi voluntarily accompanied the appellant who repeated his promises of new clothes and…

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