SAEED AHMAD KHAN Alias SHENO AND Others vs THE STATE AND Other — 1971 SCMR 83

Citation: 1971 SCMR 83

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-04-23

Parties: SAEED AHMAD KHAN Alias SHENO AND Others vs THE STATE AND Other

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 83

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Sajjad Ahmad Jan Title: SAEED AHMAD KHAN Alias SHENO AND Others vs THE STATE AND Other Case No.:Civil Petition No. 24-P of 1970 Civil Petition No. 26-P of 1970 Civil Petitions Nos. 27 and 28 of 1970 Civil Petitions for Special Leave to Appeal Nos. 24-P, 26-P, 32-P, 27 and 28 of 19 70 Date of Judgment:1970-04-23 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 83 Result: Petitions dismissed Judgment ORDER WAHEDUDDIN AHMAD, J -This order will dispose of C. P. S. L. A. Nos. 2.4-P, 25-P, 26-P, 27 and 28 of 1970, in which common points are involved. The petitioners in all the cases were tried under the F. C. R., 1901. Before their sentences were con--firmed, the West Pakistan Criminal Law (Amendment) Act (VII of 1963), came into force on the 19th April 1963, under section 34 of said Act, the F. C. R. Stood repealed. The sentences of the petitioners were confirmed under the Frontier Crimes Regulation after the repeal and at a time when fundamental rights set out in Chapter I of Part I of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1962 had come into force by virtue of the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act of 19;4), which became operative from the 16th January 1964. The petitioners challenged their conviction through writ petition under Article 98 of the Constitution in the High Court of West Pakistan, Peshawar Bench. These writ petitions were dismissed by a Division Bench of the West Pakistan High Court on the 23rd…

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