CHUHAR KHAN vs THE STATE — 1971 PLD 328

Citation: 1971 PLD 328

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-06-04

Parties: CHUHAR KHAN vs THE STATE

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 328

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain Title: CHUHAR KHAN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Miscellaneous No, 3166 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-06-04 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 328 Result: Petition allowed Judgment ORDER This is a petition, preferred by one Chuhar Khan, under clause 22 of the Letters Patent for the transfer of the investigation of a case registered under section 302 read with section 149 and section 148 of the Pakistan Penal Code at Ferozewala Police Station in Sheikhupura District against his sons Muhammad Yousaf and Abdul Sattar and some others, to the Crimes Branch at Lahore. 2. The facts leading to the instant petition are, that the Guard of L 834-Up found two dead-bodies lying on the Railway track near the outer signal of Kot Mool Chand Railway Station on the night between 28th and 29th March 1970. He informed Station Master Shandara. On the basis of this information, Railway Police Post, Shandara sent a ruqqa to the Officer Incharge of Ferozewala Police Station in District Sheikhupura. The ruqqa was received at the Police Station at about 5 a.m. and pursuant thereto Head Constable Muhammad Ashiq along with two Constables left for the place of occurrence. He found dead-bodies of two persons near the railway track near mile No, 3/13 on Lahore-Narowal section in the area of village Bharath. On examination he noticed, that although the dead-bodies had been run-over by the railway train, the deceased also had on their persons…

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