ABDUL KARIM Alias KAMUC vs THE STATE — 1972 PLD 201

Citation: 1972 PLD 201

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-11

Parties: ABDUL KARIM Alias KAMUC vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1972 Karachi 201

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Imdad Ali H. Agha Title: ABDUL KARIM Alias KAMUC vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Revision Application No. 38 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-12-11 Reported As: PLD 1972 Karachi 201 Result: Petition accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The appellant Abdul Karim alias Kamoo hag been convicted by City & A. D. M., Karachi (Mr. Muhammad Lutfullabil Majid) Invested with section 30, Cr. P. C. Powers under section 167, Clauses (8-a) and (81) of the Sea Customs Act and sentenced to three years' R. I. And to suffer five lashes. He appealed to the Court of Session, Karachi but the same was dismissed by the Additional Sessions Judge, (Mr. Ahmad Khan Barakzai). Hence the present revision application. 2. The facts of the prosecution case briefly are these. On 13-7-1966 Mr. Muhammad Khalil Ahmed Shah, Superintendent, Customs (P. W. 2) received secret information in the Directorate of Customs and Intelligence and Investigation that the applicant Abdul Karim alias Kamoo was indulging in smuggling of watches and that such contraband watches were lying in his house at Liaquat Colony, Darayabad, Karachi. A raid was organized and P. W. Muhammad Khalil Ahmed went to the house of the applicant accompanied by his staff and a lady constable. There he called two mashirs one of whom was Haji Abdur Rahman (P. W. 1), who was living on the 1st floor of the house of the applicant and he was his landlord. The applicant was not present in his house then but his wife was there.…

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