MUHAMMAD RAMZAN vs N/A — 1972 PCRLJ 171

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 171

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-04-14

Parties: MUHAMMAD RAMZAN vs N/A

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 171

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Ghulam Safdar Shah, M. S. H. Qureshi Title: MUHAMMAD RAMZAN vs N/A Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 530 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1971-04-14 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 171 Result: N/A JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Ghulam Safdar Siiaii, J--This appeal is directed against the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Sahiwal dated 28-2-1967 by which the appellant was convicted under section 304, Part I, P. P. C. and sentenced to transporation for life for the murder of Muhammad Rafique son of Lai Din. The two co accused of the appellant namely Muhammad Alani son of Sultan Muhammad and Muhammad Amir son of Ghulam Muhammad were, however, acquitted. 2. The brief facts of the prosecution case are that Muhammad Alam the acquitted co-accused, had purchased certain goods on credit from P. W. Muhammad Siddique the brother of deceased Muhammad Rafique. And when Siddique asked Muhammad Alam to clear his account an altercation took place between them in front of Siddique's shop when Muhammad Alam raised an alarm which attracted the appellant and one Dullan son of Ghulam. From the side of the complainant party the attention of deceased Rafique was attracted as a result of which he also arrived at the vardat when he saw the parties lighting. The appellant is alleged to have taken out a knife from his dub and given a single blow on the left flank of deceased Rafique and thereafter he and the two accused ran away from the scene. The occurrence was witnessed by P.…

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