SIDDIQUE vs THS STATE — 1970 SCMR 288

Citation: 1970 SCMR 288

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-11-12

Parties: SIDDIQUE vs THS STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as 1970 SCMR 288

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Mujibur Rahman Khan, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: SIDDIQUE vs THS STATE Case No.: Jail Appeal No. 127 of 1969 Criminal Appeal No. 124 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1969-11-12 Reported As: 1970 SCMR 288 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD YAQUB ALI, J.-Leave to appeal was granted to Siddique, appellant, to consider the propriety of the extreme penalty of death awarded to him for the murder of his were Mst. Salima. The facts briefly are that the appellant was married to Mst. Salima about two years prior to the occurrence. A child was born of the wedlock who died soon after. Mst. Salima also fell ill and came to the house of her parents for treatment. During this interval the appellant visited his parents-in- law twice and insisted that Mst. Salima should accompany him. Buta, the father of the deceased, however, declined to send her until she had fully recovered. On the 6th April 1966, the appellant came to see Mst. Salima and stayed with her for the night. On the 7th morning while Buta and his were had gone out to work the appellant at about 11 a.m. Attacked Mst. Salima with a hatchet and gave repeated blows with it on her left upper shoulder and scapular region which killed her there and then. The alarm raised by the deceased attracted some of the neighbors including Mst. Rehmatay (P. W. 1), Sardara (P. W. 13) and Noor Muhammad (P. W.). On seeing them the appellant tried to escape taking away…

Read the full judgment on Al Wakeelo — Pakistan's AI-powered legal research platform.