BASHIR AHMAD AND Another vs The STATE — 1971 SCMR 492

Citation: 1971 SCMR 492

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-06-25

Parties: BASHIR AHMAD AND Another vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 492

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Mujibur Rahman Khan, Sajjad Ahmad Jan, Muhammad Yaqub Ali Khan Title: BASHIR AHMAD AND Another vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 84 of 1970 Criminal Appeal No. 589 of 1964 Date of Judgment:1971-06-25 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 492 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT M. R. KHAN, J. The appellants Bashir Ahmad and Noori, along with 9 others, were placed on trial before the Sessions Judge, Gujranwala, for offences under sections 148, 302/149, 307/149, 324/149 and 323/149 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The learned Sessions Judge acquitted all the accused persons other than the two appellants. He convicted both the appellants under sections 302 and 307 of the Penal Code and sentenced each of them to transportation for life under the former section on 4 counts for intentionally causing the death Chiragh, Zafar, Nasir Din and Jamal Din and to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment on the latter section on 8 counts for attempting to murder Muhammad Ashraf, Ashiq Hussain, Abdul Majid, Muhammad Ayyub, Suba, Maqbul Hussain, Muhammad Tufail and Mubarak all of whom were prosecution witnesses in the case. The sentences of both the appellants were to run concurrently. On appeal, the convictions and the sentences of the appellants were upheld by a learned Single Judge of the former High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore. The appellants stated in their petition for special leave that the plea of self-defence taken by them at the trial was…

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