FARID vs THE STATE — 1970 PCRLJ 1232

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 1232

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1966

Decision Date: 1966-06-15

Parties: FARID vs THE STATE

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Case cited as 1970 PCRLJ 1232

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Nazeer Ahmad Mahmood, Malik Abdul Hameed Title: FARID vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 378 of 1965 Date of Judgment:1966-06-15 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 1232 Result: Sentence reduce JUDGMENT JUDGMENT ABDUL HAMID, J.-Farid, aged 25 years, has been sentenced to death under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code, for having committed the murder of his wife Mst. Bhairo, on 8th May 1964, at about one pehar after sun rise (about 8 a.m.) at Chah Gole Wala, situate in the area of mauza Dhora Hajana, Police Station Jampur. The condemned person has filed appeal against his conviction and sentence. The case is also before us under section 374, Cr. P. C. For confirmation of death sentence imposed on the appellant. This order will dispose of the appeal as well as the reference. 2. The facts of the prosecution case are briefly these Mst. Bhairo, deceased, was the wife of Farid, appellant. On the fateful day i.e. 8th May 1964, at about 8 a. m. Hazari (P. W. 8) a brother of Mst. Bhairo, deceased, went towards the house of his sister to fetch water. As soon as he reached near the well, he heard the cries "mer gia-mer gia" emanating from inside the house of his sister. Ahmad Bakhsh P. W. Who was irrigating the field nearby, was also attracted to the spot on alarm. Both of them then entered the courtyard of the house of the appellant and (found the latter coming out of his residential kotha with blood-stained Kulhari Exh. P. 1. Seeing the…

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