RAMZAN vs THE STATE — 1971 PCRLJ 782

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 782

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-02-06

Parties: RAMZAN vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 782

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Ataullah Sajjad, Shoukat Ali Title: RAMZAN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 74 and Murder Reference No. 222 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-02-06 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 782 Result: Sentence modified JUDGMENT JUDGMENT SHAUKAT ALI, J.-Ramzan (26), was prosecuted under section 302, P. P. C. For having caused : the death of his uncle Muhammad, an old man of 60 years, on the night intervening 26th and 27th of February 1967, in village Massan, District Jhang. The learned Additional Sessions Judge, who tried him, sentenced him to death. He has come up in appeal to this Court and there is a usual reference for the confirmation of the sentence of death. 2. Briefly summarized, the case of the prosecution is this. The appellant is a bachelor. He approached his brother Kamir and his wife Mst. Phaphan P. Ws. To arrange for his marriage. Both promised to do so. On the 26 of February 1967, Kamir P. W. Had gone to Mochiwala. In his absence the appellant at about noon the had a row with Mst. Phaphan as she had failed to arrange for his marriage. He threatened Mst. Phaphan that he would outrage her modesty that night. Mst. Phaphan apprised Shamir P. W. And her father Muhammad deceased of this fact. Shamir P. W. Detailed his son Amir P. W. To sleep in the house of Mst. Phaphan that night. Muhammad deceased to decided: to sleep there. At about midnight the appellant came there. He peeped through the door where Mst. Phaphan was feeding her…

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