MANSAB ALI vs AMIR AND 3 Other — 1970 SCMR 587

Citation: 1970 SCMR 587

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-04-09

Parties: MANSAB ALI vs AMIR AND 3 Other

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Case cited as 1970 SCMR 587

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Waheeduddin Ahmad, Sajjad Ahmad Jan Title: MANSAB ALI vs AMIR AND 3 Other Case No.:Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 68 of 1970 Writ Petition No. 1296 of 1966 Date of Judgment:1970-04-09 Reported As: 1970 SCMR 587 Result: Leave Refused Judgment ORDER SAJJAD AHMAD, J.-This petition for special leave to appeal relates to the murder of one, Rutallon, who had left his house for the village mosque to offer Isha prayers on the 31st of December 1963, but has not been traced since then. Suspecting a foul play, the petitioner Mansab Ali a brother of Rutallon, lodged a report with the Police Station on the 5th of January 1964. After investigation; the Police challaned the respondents Nos. 1 to 3 under section 302/364/201 of the Pakistan Penal Code. While the case was pending commitment inquiry, the Commissioner, Sargodha Division, by his order dated the 21st of July 1964, acting under section 3 of the West Pakistan Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1963 (hereinafter described as the Act), referred the case for trial by a Tribunal under that Act. The Tribunal found the respondents guilty and recommended that they should be sentenced to ten years' rigorous imprisonment each. The District Magistrate accepted this recommendation and convicted the respondents on the 10th of December 1964, and sentenced each one of them to ten years' R. I. Subsequently, the Commissioner in the exercise of his revisional powers enhanced the sentences of…

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