AURANGZEB vs TheCSTATE — 1972 PCRLJ 228

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 228

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-07-23

Parties: AURANGZEB vs TheCSTATE

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 228

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem, Imdad Ali H. Agha Title: AURANGZEB vs TheCSTATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 438 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-07-23 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 228 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT Muhammad Haleem, J.--Appellant Aurangzeb son of Rahim Gul was tried along with Rahim Gul and Ghulam Hyder for the murder of Aurangzeb son of Junta Khan and was only convicted under section 302, P. P. C. and sentenced to death by the learned llnd Additional Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, vide judgment dated 24th October 1970. He has appealed against his conviction, while the learned llnd Additional Sessions Judge has referred his case for the confirmation of death sentence. This judgment will dispose of both the appeal and the reference. According to the prosecution case while Juma Khan was having dinner along with his brother Akbar and his son Pervez at 8 p.m. on 15th July 1969, he heard the cries of his elder son, Aurangzeb, coming from the side of Nalka Lane, "Uncle, save me, save me" upon which he, Akbar and Pervez went out of the house towards the side of the lane from where the cries had come and saw that the acquitted accused, Rahim Gul and Ghulam Hyder, were holding Au rangzeb and appellant inflicting knife blows on him. Seeing Juma Khan and others coming towards them, the acquitted accused released him from their hold, who fell on the ground and the appellant again inflicted one more knife blow, A scooter was parked close-by…

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