BAHADUR AND Another vs THE STATE Case No — 1970 PCRLJ 1104

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 1104

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-09-29

Parties: BAHADUR AND Another vs THE STATE

Headnotes

1104 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AFZAL CHEEMA, J.-Bahadur (33) and his mater--nal uncle Nur Ahmad (37) resident of Chak No. 554/G B Police Station Mamun Kanjan, District Lyallpur, were tried and convicted under section 302/34, P.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Cheema, Shoukat Ali Title: BAHADUR AND Another vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 561 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-09-29 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 1104 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AFZAL CHEEMA, J.-Bahadur (33) and his mater--nal uncle Nur Ahmad (37) resident of Chak No. 554/G B Police Station Mamun Kanjan, District Lyallpur, were tried and convicted under section 302/34, P. P. C. By Mr. Masood Ahmad Ansari, Additional Sessions Judges, Lahore at Sahiwal, for having committed the murder of Mst. Amiran alias Hameedan, a 15 years' old daughter of Muhammad complainant, near the latter's Dhari in Square No. 114 of Chak No. 5/11 /L, Police Station Harappa, on 19-3-1967 at about sunset time. They were awarded capital punishment each and have filed an appeal against their conviction and sentence. Their case has also been referred to under section 374, Cr. P. C. For the confirmation of the sentences of death. This judgment will dispose of the Criminal Appeal as well as the Murder Reference. 2. The relevant background of the case as alleged by the prosecution briefly is that multiple relationship existed between the parties. Mst. Pathani, the elder daughter of Muhammad complainant, had been married to Ramzan, elder brother of Bahadur appellant, who was a nephew (brother's soil) of the complainant's wife Mst. Fatima P. W. In exchange, Mst. Amiran sister of Ramzan and Bahadur appellant as married to…

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