A. F. M. ABDUL HAI JAMALLY vs The STATE Case No — 1970 SCMR 869

Citation: 1970 SCMR 869

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: A. F. M. ABDUL HAI JAMALLY vs The STATE

Headnotes

Result: Petition dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C. J.-The petitioner who was at the relevant time a Circle Officer in the Sadar Circle of the district of Bogra, was entrusted on the 17th of October 1954, with 127 items of Red Cross readymade garments by the office of the District Magistrate, Bogra, for free distribution among the needy and deserving people of flood-affected areas.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Hamoodur Rahman, Mujibur Rahman Khan Title: A. F. M. ABDUL HAI JAMALLY vs The STATE Case No.:Criminal Appeal No. 302 of 1966 Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 8- JUDGMENT Reported As: 1970 SCMR 869 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT HAMOODUR RAHMAN, C. J.-The petitioner who was at the relevant time a Circle Officer in the Sadar Circle of the district of Bogra, was entrusted on the 17th of October 1954, with 127 items of Red Cross readymade garments by the office of the District Magistrate, Bogra, for free distribution among the needy and deserving people of flood-affected areas. It is alleged that the petitioner instead of distributing them in the above manner dishonestly misappropriated and converted to his own use as many as 90 items of these garments, but to cover up his guilt he obtained duplicate muster rolls from the Chairman of Relief Committees of Ranbhanga Centre within the Nandigram Union where on the 7th of January 1955, other relief articles, such as saris, dhods, lungis and ganjis, had been distributed, and converted these duplicate muster rolls to show that the Red Cross garments misappropriated by him had been distributed to the persons named therein. On the 23rd of April 1957, after the petitioner had been transferred from Bogra and posted as the Superintendent of Azimpur New Market at Dacca, the police upon information received, searched the godown of his office and recovered there-- from 2…

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