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Petitioner: Haji MUHAMMAD IRSHAD VS Respondent: MUHAMMAD SULEMAN, RECOVERY OFFICER/ASSISTANT COLLECTOR 1ST GRADE, RAHIM YAR KHAN and another
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Asif Saeed Khan Khosa Title:Haji MUHAMMAD IRSHAD vs MUHAMMAD SULEMAN, RECOVERY
OFFICER/ASSISTANT COLLECTOR 1ST GRADE, RAHIM YAR KHAN and another Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No,351-H of 2000 Date of Judgment:2000-09-11 Reported As: 2002 YLR 322 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and going through the parawise comments appended with this petition it has been noticed that Haji Ghulam Mustafa had been detained through proceedings taken against him by the Tehsildar, Multan, under the Land Revenue Act, 1967 in respect of an outstanding amount due from one Amjad Rafiq. Haji Ghulam Mustafa had stood as guarantor for the liability of the abovementioned Amjad Rafiq. 2. As Haji Ghulam Mustafa had been taken into custody on the basis of proceedings under the Land Revenue Act, 1967, therefore, his custody in that regard cannot be termed as illegal or improper for the purposes of the present petition filed in the nature of habeas corpus. If the petitioner or the detenu feel aggrieved of the said impugned order of detention of Haji Ghulam Mustafa then they may seek their remedies provided in that regard in the Land Revenue Act, 1967. This petition is therefore, dismissed.