BAJOR Alias BAZIAR RAHMAN AND 0THTRS vs THE STATE Case No — 1970 PCRLJ 738

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 738

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-09

Parties: BAJOR Alias BAZIAR RAHMAN AND 0THTRS vs THE STATE

Headnotes

738 Result: Leave granted Judgment ORDER M. KHAN, J.--The petitioner No.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Abdus Sattar, Mujibur Rahman Khan Title: BAJOR Alias BAZIAR RAHMAN AND 0THTRS vs THE STATE Case No.:Criminal Appeal No. 462 of 1966 Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 59-D of 1969 Date of Judgment:1969-12-09 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 738 Result: Leave granted Judgment ORDER M. R. KHAN, J.--The petitioner No. 1 was convicted under section 325 of the Pakistan Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 5 years. All the five petitioners including petitioner No. 1 were convicted under section 147 of the Pakistan Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year, each. The sentences of the petitioner No. 1 on two counts were to run concurrently. The petitioners preferred an appeal to the High Court against their convictions an sentences. Mr. Akrain Hossain Amin, Advocate represented the petitioners in the criminal appeal in the High Court. It appears from the judgment of the High Court that Mr. Akram Hossain Amin did not press the appeal on merits, but prayed only for reduction of sentences of the petitioners. On this prayer, the learned Judges of the High Court did not really consider the appeal on merits, but reduced the sentences of petitioner No. 1 to the period of sentence already undergone by him and the sentence of each of the remaining petitioners under section 147 of the Pakistan Penal Code was reduced from one year to six months' rigorous imprisonment. It is alleged in paragraph 10 of the…

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