MOHAMMAD SARWAR vs The STATE — 1972 SCMR 57

Citation: 1972 SCMR 57

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: MOHAMMAD SARWAR vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1972 SCMR 57

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Salahuddin Ahmad, Hamoodur Rahman Title: MOHAMMAD SARWAR vs The STATE Case No.:Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 287 of 1971 Criminal Misc. No. 2950- JUDGMENT Reported As: 1972 SCMR 57 Result: Leave refused Judgment JUDGMENT SALAHUDDIN AHMED, J.-.This petition for special leave to appeal is from an order" of a learned Single Judge of the Lahore High Court, dismissing the petitioner's application for grant of bail. A case under section 380/465/467/468/471 of the Pakistan Penal Code has been registered against the petitioner. The allegations inter alia against hire are that the petitioner, in course of his duties as a Patwari, had entered mutation in respect of sale of land purported to have Wen made by one Umar son of Muslim (vendor) in favour of Ghulam Shabbir son of Muqarrab Khan, on the 16th June 1971, when as a matter of fact the vendor had died on the 7th March 1959. Furthermore that when the petitioner came to know of this detection, he removed the originalmutation paper from the Tehsil Office and committed forgery on it. The petitioner had been admitted to ad interim bail before arrest by the learned Sessions Judge, Muzaffargarh on the 20th October 1971, but subsequently, on 2-11-1971, the said order was recalled. He, therefore, made an application under section 498 of the Criminal Procedure Code in the Lahore High Court and it was dismissed on 9-i 1-1971. The petitioner once again moved an application for the…

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