Khan NABI AHMAD KHAN And 10 Others vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 875

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 875

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-10-26

Parties: Khan NABI AHMAD KHAN And 10 Others vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 875

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Aslam Riaz Hussain Title: Khan NABI AHMAD KHAN And 10 Others vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 7534 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-10-26 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 875 Result: Petition accepted Judgment ORDER That is an application under section 498, Cr. P. C. On behalf of 11 persons for the grant of Bail. 2. The facts giving rise to the application are that on the 15th of October 1970; Col. Abid Hussain, who is a candidate for the National Assembly from Jhang Tehsil, accompanied by a large number of his supporters including the 11 petitioners, went to file his nomination papers is the Court of the Assistant Commis--sioner, Jhang. At that very the, Mr. Ghulam Haidar Bharwana, who is also a candidate for the National Assembly froth the same constituency, came to file his nomination papers, accompanied by about 2000 persons. The supporters of each candidate started raising inflammatory slogans against each other, which resulted in a clash between the parties and they took to throwing brick-bats at each other. About eight persons from both sides were injured, On the intervention of the Police the crowd, (consisting of about 4000/5000 persons), dispersed. A case under sections 14 and 16 of the West Pakistan Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960 (here- in-after called the Ordinance) was registered. Where in after 11 persons were arrested out of the persons accompanying Col. Abid Husain and 12 persons were arrested…

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