HAKIM ALI vs THE CROWN — 1971 SCMR 298

Citation: 1971 SCMR 298

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1954

Decision Date: 1954-04-07

Parties: HAKIM ALI vs THE CROWN

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Case cited as 1971 SCMR 298

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Muhammad Shahabuddin, Alvin R. Cornelius, A. S. M. Akram Title: HAKIM ALI vs THE CROWN Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 12 of 1954 Criminal Appeal No. 521 of 1953 Date of Judgment:1954-04-07 Reported As: 1971 SCMR 298 Result: Appeal dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT AKRAM, J.-This appeal with our leave is by one Hakim Ali who was convicted and sentenced to transportation for life under section 302/149 and to rigorous imprisonment for two years under section 148, Penal Code by the Sessions Judge of Gujran--wala in connection with the murder of Aziz Khan on 25-7-52, and whose appeal to the High Court of Judicature at Lahore, was dismissed by Rahman and Sufi, JJ. The prosecution case was that there existed in village Kangniwala a feud between two tribes, the Changars and the Qureshis; that the appellant and his confederates, except one, belonged to the Qureshi tribe; that Aziz Khan deceased, who though a Pathan, was suspected of siding with the Changars against the Qureshis ; that the ill-feeling against Aziz Khan was further accentuated by a criminal prosecution under sections 307 and 148 started at the instance of Abdul Majid, a relative of Aziz Khan deceased, against the appellant, his two sons, Mushtaq Ali and Jamaat Ali, and certain others of the Qureshi group (Exh. P. G.) ; that on this account while the deceased Aziz Khan accompanied by a servant Walayat Khan P. W. 4, was proceeding in a tonga to his own village Kohlowal, the…

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