exercising the powers of the District Magistrate. He has invited our attention to The State v. Dosso and another — 1967 PLD 149

Citation: 1967 PLD 149

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-11-04

Parties: DR. ABDUL AHAD vs THE POLITICAL AGENT, KURRAM AGENCY AND 2 Other

Headnotes

has also been brought to our notice and the final pronouncement in .Lamil Ahinad and another v. The State and S others (PLD 1969 SC 344) has been referred, in which their Lordships of the Supreme Court after referring to all the previous authorities on the subject have held as under :- ".

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Shamim Hussain Qadri, A. R. Sheikh Title: DR. ABDUL AHAD vs THE POLITICAL AGENT, KURRAM AGENCY AND 2 Other Case No.: Civil Miscellaneous No. 1 of 1967 Petition No. 29 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1969-11-04 Reported As: PLD 1970 Lahore 888 Result: A. JUDGMENT JUDGMENT A. R. SHEIKH, J.---The facts relevant for the disposal of this writ petition are these. Wazir A.I, respondent No. 2, made a complaint under section 420 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the 21st of February 1959 before the Political Agent, Kurram (respondent No. 1), saying that Dr. Abdul Ahad, the petitioner, fraudulently introduced himself to the respondent-complainant at Parachinar as a relative of the proprietor of Messrs Shahnawaz & Company, Lahore, and Impressed upon him that he was in a position to obtain from the said firm a Parking diesel engine at the control rate and despite receipt of Rs. 15,976.00, the petitioner has failed to supply the goods and has thus cheated him. A bailable warrant of arrest was issued by the Political Agent Kurram, against the petitioner for the 28th of March 1959. The petitioner 1tioved the High Court for transfer of the case from Parachinar to Lahore, but his prayer was disallowed by the learned Chief Justice by order dated the 25th of March 1959. Subsequently the petitioner was arrested and the case was referred to the Council-of-Elders under the Frontier Crimes Regulation of 1901 (hereinafter called the F. C. R.). The Council unanimously…

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