MUHAMMAD NAWAZ vs THE STATE — 1970 PLD 909

Citation: 1970 PLD 909

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-04-16

Parties: MUHAMMAD NAWAZ vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1970 Lahore 909

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Ataullah Sajjad, Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad Title: MUHAMMAD NAWAZ vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 157 and Murder Reference No. 79 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-04-16 Reported As: PLD 1970 Lahore 909 Result: Q. JUDGMENT JUDGMENT ATAULLAH SAJJAD, J.---Muhammad Nawaz appellant who is about 21 years of age, was tried for the murder of his grandfather Sardar Muhammad by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Gujrat, and was convicted under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code. He was sentenced to death. Besides the appeal that he has filed against his conviction and sentence, there is a murder reference also before us. This order will dispose of both the matters. 2. The occurrence took place on 28th of February 1967, at 4 p.m. On a kucha road called Purao Road, in the City of Gujrat. The place of occurrence is in the jurisdiction of Police Station Saddar Gujrat and its distance from the Police Station is two and a half furlongs. 3. Sardar Muhammad deceased had married twice. He had a son, namely, Muhammad Sadiq from his first wife Mst. Karam Bibi. The appellant is the son of Muhammad Sadiq. Sardar Muhammad divorced Mst. Karam Bibi about thirty years before the occurrence and married Mst. Rabia Bibi from whom he had no issue. Mst: Karam Bibi after the divorce was living with her son Muhammad Sadiq. The deceased owned ten kanals of land jointly with his two nephews; namely, Muhammad Shah. And Muhammad Sharif and we find from the…

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