MANSUR ALI AND 2 OTHERS vs THE STATE — 1970 PCRLJ 287

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 287

Court: Dacca

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-11-05

Parties: MANSUR ALI AND 2 OTHERS vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as 1970 PCRLJ 287

Judgment Text

Court Name: Dacca Judge(s): Abdul Hakim Title: MANSUR ALI AND 2 OTHERS vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 489 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1969-11-05 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 287 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The three appellants along with another were convicted under section 201, P. P. C. And sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years each, by the Additional Sessions Judge, 2nd Court, Bakerganj. The prosecution case, in short, is that in the afternoon of 20-I-65, while going to Bilbilash Hat P.W. 1 Abdul Huq and P. W. 4 Fazle Karim saw accused Abdul Karim beat his wife Rabeya Khatun as she did not convey her paternal land to her husband Karim in spite of requests. P. W. 2 Abdul Hashem and others also saw the assault and asked Karim not to assault his wife any more. At about 8 p. m. When P. Ws. 1 and 4 were returning from the said Hat they learnt from P. W. 2Abdul Hashem that Rabeya Khatun had died. They all went to the house of Karim and saw Rabeya lying dead on the floor of his but. Some of them asked Karim not to bury the dead body without informing the authorities, but later on P. Ws. 2 and 4 saw the present accused-appellants and Abdul Karim along with others burying the dead body during the mid-night of that very night. P. W. 1 Abdul Huq learnt about it from them on the following morning and lodged a first information report (Exh. 1) at about 13 hours on 21-1-65 with the Police at Bauphal P. S. On the above allegations. The local…

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