Khawaja USMAN SHAH vs THE STATE — 1966 PLD 644

Citation: 1966 PLD 644

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-08-13

Parties: Khawaja USMAN SHAH vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1966 SC 644

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Agha Ali Haider, Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri Title: Khawaja USMAN SHAH vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeals Nos. 634 of 1960 Date of Judgment:1971-08-13 Reported As: PLD 1972 Karachi 77 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT AGHA ALI HYDER, J.-This appeal from the judgment of the learned Sessions Judge, Kalat, convicting the appellant for an offence under section 302, P. P. C., and sentencing him to transportation for life, arises in the following circumstances :- 2. The appellant was employed as an Inspector, in the Land Customs Department. In January 1965, he was posted at Suntsar, but was also holding the additional charge of Gabad post. On the 5th of January, he had arrived at Babad, and was staying in a room, adjacent to his office. His camel- man and the staff attached to the Babad post, were living in the huts nearby. The town of Gabad is three or four furlongs away. The only other building in the vicinity was a mosque. 3. The prosecution story succinctly stated is that the appellant, though fasting, (it being the month of Ramzan) had stopped eating from the 11th of January, and shut himself up in his room. All entreaties from some members of the staff proved of no avail. It is alleged that on the 12th January, near about 2-30 p.m., he announced the intention to return to Suntsar. A little later he is stated to have shot down Washdil, inside his room. As the room was closed, nobody from the staff could go inside. Gul…

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