BHAWANDAS And 2 Others vs STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN, KARACHI — 1972 PCRLJ 619

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 619

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-11-01

Parties: BHAWANDAS And 2 Others vs STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN, KARACHI

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 619

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem Title: BHAWANDAS And 2 Others vs STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN, KARACHI Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 275 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1971-11-01 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 619 Result: Order accordingly JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Appellants Bhawandass, Abdus Sattar and Ibrahim were tried and convicted by the Foreign Exchange Tribunal, Karachi, under section 12(1) read with section 23 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act Vll of 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), upon failure to repatriate 2000 within four months in terms of the declaration executed while exporting the cinemato graphic film "AJAB KHaN" dubbed in Swahili language to East Africa. Appellant Bhawandass was sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 25,000 and in default to suffer simple imprisonment for 12 months. Appellants Abdus Sattar and Ibrahim were sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 8,000 each and in default to suffer simple imprisonment for six months. They have appealed against their conviction. 2. The appellants and one Ishaq, who has absconded, were partners of a firm carrying on business in the name and style of "Falcon Film Corporation". In the year 1963, this firm exported cinematographic film "AJAB KHAN" dubbed in Swahili language to Nairobi in East Africa and executed a declaration (Exh. 2 on 5th February 1963, to repatriate .000 within four months from the date of shipment. The declaration was signed by Bhawan Dass on behalf of the firm as its partner. Pursuant to…

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