M. ANWAR, BARRISTER-AT-LAW vs THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, CIVIL LINES, — 1972 PLD 493

Citation: 1972 PLD 493

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-24

Parties: M. ANWAR, BARRISTER-AT-LAW vs THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, CIVIL LINES, POLICE STATION, LAHORE AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1972 Lahore 493

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain, Sardar Muhammad Iqbal, A. R. Sheikh Title:M. ANWAR, BARRISTER-AT-LAW vs THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, CIVIL LINES, POLICE STATION, LAHORE AND ANOTHER Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 2109/M/71 Date of Judgment:1971-12-24 Reported As: PLD 1972 Lahore 493 Result: Order accordingly Judgment ORDER SARDAR MUHAMMAD IQBAL, J.-This petition under clause 22 of the Letters Patent of the Lahore High Court was submitted on the 23rd of December 1971 by Mr. M. Anwar, a practising Barrister, alleging that Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan who has till very recently been the President of Pakistan was guilty of a number of illegal acts including offences of treason, conspiracy, and murder, and that the petitioner along with Mr. Manzar Bashir, had submitted on the 20th of December 1971, a. Written application to the Station House Officer, Civil Lines Police Station, Lahore, giving him an information of the commission of the said offence, but the said police officer had failed to enter the report in the register as required by section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure till the 22nd of December 1971. The petitioner, it was complained, had charged the former President also under sections 120-B, 121, 121-A, 124-A of the Pakistan Penal Code and clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f ), (g) and ( j) of section 24 and clause (d) of section 31 of the Pakistan Army Act, which offences are punishable either with death or transportation for life.…

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