FATEH MUHAMMAD AND Another vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 347

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 347

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-07-25

Parties: FATEH MUHAMMAD AND Another vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 347

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Durab Patel, Muhammad Hayat Junejo Title: FATEH MUHAMMAD AND Another vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 363/Confirmation Case No. 45 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-07-25 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 347 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT DORAB PATEL, J.-The appellants Fateh Muhammad and Shahan. Are cousins and they were tried under -section 302/34, P. P. C. With Karimbux, a brother of the said Fateh Muhammad, and Ghulam Rasul, a mutual cousin, for the-murder of Gulab "Jalbani deceased. By his judgment dated 15th July 1968 learned Sessions Judge acquitted the said Ghulam Rasul and Karimbux and convicted the appellants under section 302, P. P. C. And sentenced them to death. The appellants have filed 'an appeal against their conviction and sentence and the case is also before us for confirmation of the sentence of death passed by the learned Sessions Judge, therefore, we shall dispose of the appeal and the reference of the learned Sessions Judge by this judgment. 2. According to the prosecution the material facts are as follows :- Gulab deceased and his brother P. W. Gohram lived in village Noor Md. Jalbani, Tal: Shahdadkot. The appellants and the acquitted accused had lived in that village about seven years before the occurrence, but had left it because Murad Ali, the brother of the appellant Fateh Muhammad and the acquitted accused Karimbux, had been murdered, Ghulam Kadir and P: W. Gohram, brothers of Gulab deceased,…

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