GHULAM HUSSAIN vs THE STATE — 1960 PLD 966

Citation: 1960 PLD 966

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-02-16

Parties: GHULAM HUSSAIN vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1960 Kar. 966

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Cheema, Saleem Mazhar Title: GHULAM HUSSAIN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 492 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1971-02-16 Reported As: PLD 1972 Lahore 153 Result: Order accordingly JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD AFZAL CHEEMA, J.-Ghulam Hussain (38) Mirasi by caste was convicted by the learned Sessions Judge, Sargodha, for the murder of his sister Mst. Sultan Bibi a T. B. Patient, on the 13th of September 1965, at about rotiwela, in village Mitha Tiwana, District Sargodha. The admitted fact that the deceased after having obtained divorce from her husband eloped with his younger brother was considered a relevant circumstance in the award of the lesser penalty of transportation for life. The convict has challenged his conviction and sentence before us. 2. The short background of the case is that Gul Jahan complainant was married to the sister of the appellant in exchange for the former's sister who was married to the latter. The rela--tions between the appellant and his wife wore no longer cordial and as a result of the estrangement Mst. Feroze Bibi, the wife of the appellant, started living with her brother. Mst. Sultan Bibi, deceased, who was the younger sister of the wife of Gul Jahan, complainant as also of the appellant after having obtained divorce from her previous husband Ghulam Hussain son of Allah Ditta, eloped with the latter's younger brother Ghulam Farid as stated earlier. This happened about two years prior…

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