MAHMOOD AHMAD KHAN vs THE STATE — 1957 PLD 903

Citation: 1957 PLD 903

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-09

Parties: MAHMOOD AHMAD KHAN vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1957 Lah. 903

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad Title: MAHMOOD AHMAD KHAN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 905 of 1965 Date of Judgment:1969-12-09 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 723 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Mahmood Ahmad Khan, Canal Patwari, was tried for an offence under section 161, P. P. C. Read with section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, by the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Multan, Camp Montgomery, who convicted and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three months. 2. The convict appealed. 3. Shortly stated, the facts of the case are that Ghulam Muhammad, who is an allottee of evacuee land in Chak No. 69-5-L had applied for the amendment of the warabandi because in the penal warabandi, no water was provided for his land. The appellant had demanded Rs. 40.00 as bribe earlier for preparing the warabandi and Ghulam Muhammad had paid him the amount. The application of Ghulam Muhammad is Exh. P. L. On the warabandi file and 15-4-1963 was the date fixed for hearing of the warabandi case. The appellant demanded a further sum of Rs. 30.00 as illegal gratification for doing the work for Ghulam Muhammad, who informed Anti-Corruption Police and was produced before Malik Karam Din Magistrate, who recorded his statement Exh. P. B. Ghulam Muhammad produced three G. C. Notes of the denomination of Rs. 10.00 each and their numbers were noted down by the Magistrate. The G. C. Notes were returned to Ghulam…

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