KALANDER BUX And 3 Others vs The STATE — 1972 PCRLJ 820

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 820

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-09-08

Parties: KALANDER BUX And 3 Others vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 820

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Abdul Qadir Sheikh, Imdad Ali H. Agha Title: KALANDER BUX And 3 Others vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 9 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-09-08 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 820 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Abdul Kadir Shaikh, J.--The appellant Kalander Bux, his father Walidad and his two uncles, Malikdino and Ali Murad were found guilty by the Sessions Judge, Sukkur, under section 302/34, P. P. C. for the murder of Mst. Hidayat Begum wife of Shall Muhammad Mahar, and whereas Kalander Bux was sentenced to death, his companions were awarded transportation for life each. The case has come up before us for the confirmation of the death sentence as well as on a joint appeal filed by the convicts. The prosecution version may be briefly stated as under. The first informant, Shaft Muhammad Mahar, the husband of the deceased Mst. Hidayat Begum resided in Dodo Mahar village in Taluka Sukkur at a distance of about 5 miles from Bagerji Police Station. He had seven children out of whom the eldest daughter Mst. Hooran was married and had 5/6 sons, and another daughter Mst. Sadori was married about 10 months before the occurrence in this case. About a month or two before this marriage, the four appellants along with Ibrahim and Ali Mahar had abducted Mst. Sadori in which connection Shafi Mohammad lodged report with Bagerji Police Station under F. I. R., Exh. 42, on 30th March 1969. Consequently the appellants were challaned, and…

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