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Petitioner: ANWAR MASIH VS Respondent: GHULAM MASIH And Other
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Zullah, Aslam Riaz Hussain Title: ANWAR MASIH vs GHULAM MASIH And Other Case No.:Criminal Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 114-R of 1985 Criminal Revision No.
48/1982 Criminal Appeal No. 85 of 1982 Murder Reference No. 61 of 1982 Date of Judgment:1986-04-07 Reported As: 1986 SCMR 1202 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, J.--Leave to appeal has been sought from judgment, dated 16-3-1985 of the Lahore High Court; whereby in a murder case the conviction under' section 302 of James Masih and Ghulam Masih respondents was converted into 304 Part-I, P. P. C. And the sentence was accordingly reduced. Similarly, the conviction and sentence of Wilson and Pervez respondents were altered from 302 P.P.C. To 307 P.P.C. This petition has been filed to challenge the acquittal under section 302, P. P. C. With a further prayer for enhancement of sentence. The petition is barred by 207 days. We have perused the grounds mentioned in the application for condonation of delay which have not impressed us-. This being a case against acquittal, there must be very strong grounds for condonation of delay which do not exist. We accordingly dismiss the petition as time-barred.