MUHAMMAD WARYAM vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 199

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 199

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-03-10

Parties: MUHAMMAD WARYAM vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 199

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Munir Farooqi, Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad Title: MUHAMMAD WARYAM vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 66 and Murder Reference No. 36 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-03-10 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 199 Result: Conviction altered JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD MONIR FARUQUEE, J.-Muhammad Waryam, son of Sultan, was tried on a charge under section 307/302, P. P. C. By the Additional Sessions Judge, Lyallpur at Jhang, for attemp--ting on the life of Mst. Sullahn P. W., his paternal aunt and committing the murder or his name-sake Muhammad Waryam, son of Muhammad Baksh, his first cousin, who acquitted him of the first charge and convicting him under section 302, P. P. C. Sentenced him to death on the 17th of January 1969. He has filed the present appeal to question the correctness of this order and a usual reference under section 374, Cr. P. C. For confirmation of the death sentence is also before us. We propose to dispose of the to matters by this judgment. 2. This violent incident took place on the 16th of March 1968, at about Sahriwala in Mohalla Abbotpur, City Police Station, Jhang, on account of their rivalry about Mst. Anwar Bibi P. W. a step- daughter of Mst. Sullahn. 3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that Mst. Sullahn P. W. Was married to one Khan Muhammad, an A. S. I. Of police but she bore him no child so he took a second wife Mst. Sattan by name, who gave birth to to daughters Mst. Anwar Bibi and Nasim Akhtar P. Ws. A son…

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