DINOO vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 1176

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 1176

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-02-26

Parties: DINOO vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 1176

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Haleem, Muhammad Ali Sayeed Title: DINOO vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 26 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1971-02-26 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 1176 Result: d. JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD ALI SAYEED, J.-The appellant has been convicted by the learned Sessions Judge, Sukkur under section 302, P. P. C. For the murder of Dham Bux son of Malhar, aged 50 years, and sentenced to transportation for life. Two other persons, namely, Kamal and Ramzan who had been tried with the appellant for the same offence have been acquitted. The incident took place on the 10th of November 1966 at. About 11 a.m. In the land of Mehboob Shah, in Deb Kassimpura, Taluka Pano Akil. Accord--ing to the F. I. R. Which was lodged at 3 p.m. The same day with the Pano Akil Police Station, at a distance of 14 miles, by the brother of the deceased, Dhani Parto, P. W. 5. Deceased Dhani Bux was ploughing his land at about 11-06 a. m, when Dino, the appellant, Kamal and Ramzan went -to him. Dino was armed with a hatchet while Kamal and Ramzan with lathis. Dino, it is alleged, started an argument with deceased Dhani Bux that the plough with which the latter was working belonged to Dino and had been stolen by him. Dhani Bux repelled this contention and claimed the plough to be his own. In the altercation that ensued Dino is alleged to have struck Dhani Bux with his hatchet, thus felling him down. Kamal and Ramzan followed this up with lathi blows on the back of…

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