IQBAL KHAN vs SARKAR — 1971 PLD 44

Citation: 1971 PLD 44

Court: High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-03-20

Parties: IQBAL KHAN vs SARKAR

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Azad J & K 44

Judgment Text

Court Name: High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Judge(s): Chaudhry Rahim Dad Khan, Khawaja Muhammad Yousaf Saraf Title: IQBAL KHAN vs SARKAR Case No.: Criminal Revision No, 71 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-03-20 Reported As: PLD 1971 Azad J & K 44 Result: Reference answered JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD YUSUF SARAF, J.--A complaint against the petitioner under section 406, Penal Code was brought in the Court of A. D. M., Muzaffarabad by one Jaffar Khan a resident of Lora-Lai Baluchistan on the allegation of having committed breach of trust with regard to cloth valued at Rs, 1,800 and entrusted to him vide document Exh. P. A. The accused denied both the entrustment as well as the execution of the document. The complainant examined Muhammad Zaffar Khan the alleged scribe and Mukhtar-Ullah one of the alleged witnesses to the deed. The learned Magistrate found the accused guilty and sentenced him to 6 months' R. I. An appeal to the Sessions Judge having failed, the accused came in revision to this Court. The petitioner moved an application before my Lord the Chief Justice who is hearing the case praying for stay of the revision petition on the ground that the genuineness of the document was also involved in two civil cases before the Sub-Judge under the following circumstances :- (1)The complainant has brought a suit against the accused petitioner on 30-3-70 for recovery of Rs, 1,800 the alleged price of the alleged goods on the basis of the alleged deed of entrustment. (2)That…

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