BARKAT vs The STATE — 1972 PCRLJ 486

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 486

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-10-12

Parties: BARKAT vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 486

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Sheikh Anwarul Haq, Saad Saood Jan Title: BARKAT vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 282 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1971-10-12 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 486 Result: N/A JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Anwarul Haq, C. J.--The appellant Barkat has been convicted under section 302, P. P. C. by Mr. Muhammad Khurshid, Additional Sessions Judge at Sahiwal, and sentenced to undergo transportation for life for the murder of his co-villager Taj Din at 4 p.m. on the 21st of November 1966 in the area of Killa No. 7 of square No. 44 in Chak No. 5/1 R. A. in the jurisdiction of Police Sation Renala Khurd. The matter was not immediately reported to the police as some sort of a compromise had been effected between the injured man Taj Din and the .appellant. However, when Taj Din's condition worsened, he was taken first to the Civil Dispensary at Renala Khurd and then removed to the Civil Hospital at Okara where he died at midnight on the 23rd of November 1966. First information report was lodged with the police at 7-45 p.m. that day by Taj Din's son Muhammad Ashraf (P. W. 8). The F. I. R, was recorded by Sub-Inspector Malik Muhammad Nawaz (P. W. 12), who proceeded to the hospital and recorded the dying statemant of Taj Din at 9 or 10 p.m. 2. It is alleged that at the time the incident took place Muhammad Ashraf was digging earth from Killa No. 7 of square No. 44 belonging to one Babu Ali Bakhsh. The earth was required by Muhammad Ashraf and his father Taj…

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