Syed HASSAN HYDER vs The STATE — 1971 SCMR 111

Citation: 1971 SCMR 111

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-08-19

Parties: Syed HASSAN HYDER vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 111

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Salahuddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman Title: Syed HASSAN HYDER vs The STATE Case No.: Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. K-16 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-08-19 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 111 Result: Order accordingly Judgment ORDER HAMOODUR RAHNIAN, C. J.-The petitioner; who was at the relevant times working as the Secretary of the United Provinces Mohajirin Association, has been convicted under sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Pakistan Penal Code and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for two years as also to pay a fine of Rs. 500 or in default suffer further rigorous imprisonment for two months more on each count. The case against him was that in or about the year 1960 he induced the complainant, Shabir Ahmad, to take a plot of land in the Hassan Colony, set up by the above-mentioned Association, on payment of Rs. 1,050. This amount was paid by the complainant by two cheques on the 2nd of May and the 5th of May 1963, respectively. Thereafter, the petitioner gave to the complainant an agreement for sale purporting to have been executed in his favour by one, Saeed Hassan, an allottee of plot No. 24. This was also attested by the petitioner before an Oath Commissioner. The complainant was also given an allotment order issued originally in the name of Saeed Hassan, but Plot No. 23 was shown therein instead of Plot No. 24. In May 1963, the petitioner was suspended from his post and the fraud was discovered in December…

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