MUHAMMAD AMIR vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 944

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 944

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-02-02

Parties: MUHAMMAD AMIR vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 944

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem, Muhammad Ali Sayeed Title: MUHAMMAD AMIR vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 165 and Confirmation Case No. 24 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1971-02-02 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 944 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD HALEEM, J.-Appellant Muhammad Amir son of Yar Muhammad was tried for the murder of Liaquat by the learned Sessions Judge, Karachi and convicted under section 302, P. P. C. And sentenced to death vide his judgment dated 28th April 1969, He has appealed against his conviction while the learned Sessions Judge has referred his case for the confirmation of death sentence. This judgment will dispose of the appeal as well as the reference. 2. The deceased along with one Abdur Rahman had arrived on 6th September 1966, from Goth Jamal Shah, situated in the District of Nawabshah, and stayed with his brother Muhammad Hanif in the cattle-wara of Chowdhry Fazal Din. The appellant, who is a relation of the deceased also arrived the same day but a little later and also stayed in the same cattle-wara. On the night intervening between 7th and 8th September 1966, while Liaquat was asleep on a cot lying in the shed near the gate where the buffaloes were tethered, Muhammad Hanif, who was awake and preparing to milk the buffaloes saw the appellant rise from the cot and look at his sides, upon which -he asked him as to what he was looking at, but he was told by Allah Bux and Bashir that possibly the…

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