GULZAR AND 2 OTHERS vs THE STATE-- — 1970 PCRLJ 1145

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 1145

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-08

Parties: GULZAR AND 2 OTHERS vs THE STATE--

Headnotes

Case cited as 1970 PCRLJ 1145

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Cheema, Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad Title: GULZAR AND 2 OTHERS vs THE STATE-- Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 3 1 3 and Murder Reference No. 219 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1970-12-08 Reported As: 1970 PCr.LJ 1145 Result: Appeal partly accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AFZAL CHEEMA, J.---Gulzar, aged 52, and his two sons, Haider and Fazal, aged 32 and 28 respectively, were tried and convicted by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Dera Ghazi Khan, for the double murder of two brothers, Farid and Rahim, at about sunset time on the 21st of November 1966, in the area of Bait Patti Makwal, Police Station Kala, District Dera Ghazi Khan. They were sentenced to death and have now appealed against their conviction and sentence. Their case has also been referred to us under section 374, Cr. P. C. For the confirmation of the sentences of death. This judgment will dispose of the appeal as well as the murder reference. 2. The relevant background of the case briefly is that about six years before the occurrence, Azim complainant (P. W. 7) and his two deceased brothers were forced to shift their residence from Chah Hasilwala in the revenue estate of Mauza Notak Sikhani, a couple of miles away from their present place, i. e., Bait Patti Makwal, owing to the leakage of the complainant's illicit connection with Mst. Sabali, wife of Haider appellant. The relations between the parties got strained, and the appellants also allegedly disposed of…

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