Mst. SARDARAN AND ANOTHER vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 1137

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 1137

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-12-23

Parties: Mst. SARDARAN AND ANOTHER vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 1137

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Cheema, Muhammad Munir Farooqi Title: Mst. SARDARAN AND ANOTHER vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 623 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-12-23 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 1137 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD MUNIR FARUKEE, J.--The to appellants, Mst. Sardaran and her paramour Waryam were tried along with Akbar for the murder of Sohni deceased, their co-villager, by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Sargodha who acquitted Akbar and finding the to appellants guilty, convicted them under section 302/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code and sentencing the former to death and the latter to transportation for life has submitted the record to this Court for, the confirmation of the death sentence while the conviction itself is the subject-matter of an appeal preferred by them. This judgment will dispose of both these matters, i.e., the reference under section. 374, Cr. P. C. And the appeal. 2. The prosecution case in brief is that Sohni deceased had contracted illicit relations with Mst. Sardaran (appellant) wife. Of Dosa, his co-villager. She was a woman of easy virtue and deserting Sohni deceased took fancy with Waryam, appellant and Akbar, the acquitted accused. Sohni deceased used to taunt her on that account, which offended her as well as her paramours, who decided to remove him from their way. It was alleged that motivated with these feelings of rivalry Waryam appellant took Sohni to a deserted dera…

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