S. A. WAHEED vs MR. MASOOD AHMED ANSARI, MAGISTRATE FIRST CLASS, — 1972 PLD 485

Citation: 1972 PLD 485

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-03-27

Parties: S. A. WAHEED vs MR. MASOOD AHMED ANSARI, MAGISTRATE FIRST CLASS, LAHORE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1972 Lahore 485

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Ataullah Sajjad Title:S. A. WAHEED vs MR. MASOOD AHMED ANSARI, MAGISTRATE FIRST CLASS, LAHORE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 6444 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-03-27 Reported As: PLD 1972 Lahore 485 Result: Proceedings quashed Judgment ORDER This is an application under section 561-A of the Criminal Procedure Code for the quashment of the proceedings initiated against the petitioner for contempt of the Court of Mr. Masood Ahmad Ansari, Magistrate First Class, Lahore. 2. The petitioner is the manager of Spencer & Co., Lahore, and is a complainant in a case registered against Munawar Beg and Muhammad Ishaq, ex-employees of the Spencer & Co., under section 406 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The Magistrate had issued non-bailable warrants for securing the petitioner's presence in Court on 25th of September 1968. The case of the petitioner was that he was never served before for any date and the learned Magistrate had without taking into consideration the facts of the case issued non-bailable warrants against him. The petitioner after having come to know of the issuance of non-bailable warrants against him, applied to the learned Sessions Judge for bail which was granted. 3. On 15th of October 1968, the petitioner appeared before the learned Magistrate and filed a written application for transfer of the case from his Court. The learned Magistrate stayed proceedings. He was of the opinion that the contents of the application were likely…

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