MUHAMMAD BHAI AND Another vs THE STATE — 1972 PLD 88

Citation: 1972 PLD 88

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-06-29

Parties: MUHAMMAD BHAI AND Another vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1972 Karachi 88

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Agha Ali Haider, Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri Title: MUHAMMAD BHAI AND Another vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 192 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1971-06-29 Reported As: PLD 1972 Karachi 88 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT AGHA ALI HYDER, J.--This appeal from the judgment of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Karachi, convicting the appellants for offences under sections 302, 324 and 323 read with section 34, P. P. C. And sentencing each of them to transportation for life, R. I. For two years and one year respectively ; the sentence running concurrently, arises in the following circum--stances. 2. The appellant No. 1 is the father of the appellant No. 2. They live in Federal 'B' Area, Karachi. P. Ws. Laiqur Rehman, Shabihur Rehman, Aqidur Rehman and Kafilur Rehman since deceased, lived in their neighbourhood. It is alleged that the appellant Yaqoob and his brother Yousuf, on the evening of 21-7-1966 had danced and sung obscene songs, in front of the residence of Laiqur Rehman and his brothers who were living together. The latter bad taken exception to this indecorous behaviour, and there was an exchange of hot words between the parties, but the situation did not deteriorate, because of the intervention of some neighbours. There was some further trouble later in the evening, but again the parties were pacified. The prosecution story is that, on 23-7-1966 the appellants along with some other persons appeared before the…

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