YUSUF AND 3 Others vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 257

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 257

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-04-15

Parties: YUSUF AND 3 Others vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 257

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Aslam Riaz Hussain, Shamim Hussain Qadri Title: YUSUF AND 3 Others vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 216 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1970-04-15 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 257 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT SHAMEEM HUSAIN KADRI, J.-Three brothers, namely Yusuf; Ibrahim and Ahmad and their relation Gullan, were tried for the murder of one Nabi Bakhsh and causing injuries to Pir Bakhsh. Khuda Bakhsh, Mst. Sohagia and Mst. Jannat by the learned Sessions Judge, Dera Ghazi Khan, who convicted all of them under sections 302/34, 326/34, 325/34 and 323/34, P. P. C. And sentenced them to life imprisonment, four years' R. I., three years' R. L' and one year R. I. Respectively. All the sentences were ordered to run concurrently. They have appealed against their convictions and sentences to this Court. 2. The prosecution story briefly' stated by Khuda Bakhsh (P. W. 12), father of the deceased in his report (Exh. P. A.), made on 21-4-1966 at 7 a.m. At Police Station Batil, in district D. G. Khan, which was recorded by Ch. Shaukat Ali, S. I. (P. W. 19) is that he along with his sons, his wife and the wives of his sons was sleeping in front of the residential kotha in village Jiani on the night between 20 and 21-4-1966 when on the alarm raised by Mst. Sohagin they got up and saw all the four accused present around the charpai of Nabi Bakhsh. Yusuf had a sword, Ahmad had a hatchet and Ghulam was armed with a stick. Yusuf, Ahmad and…

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