MUHAMMAD AKRAM AND 3 Others vs THE STATE- — 1971 PCRLJ 1299

Citation: 1971 PCRLJ 1299

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-06-27

Parties: MUHAMMAD AKRAM AND 3 Others vs THE STATE-

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Case cited as 1971 PCRLJ 1299

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Shoukat Ali Title: MUHAMMAD AKRAM AND 3 Others vs THE STATE- Case No.: Criminal Revision No. 533 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-06-27 Reported As: 1971 P Cr. L J 1299 Result: Petition accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT This is an application in revision under section 215 read with section 439, Cr. P. C., to quash a commitment. The petitioners, are Muhammad Akram, Habib, Muhammad Ali and Ali Muhammad. All four have been committed for trial on a capital charge of murder. 2. The story for the prosecution, shortly stated is as follows. On the 26th of October 1969, Nizam Din P. W. Saw that the dead body of Muhammad Afzal was hanging on a jujube tree ix the field of Wali Muhammad P. W., whereupon he proceeded to the village mosque and informed Wali Muhammad of the incident. Wali Muhammad along with Ismail, Abdur Rahim, Muhammad Sarwar, Abdul Hamid, Sher Muhammad, Feroze Khan and Muhammad Siddique proceeded to the place of occurrence and saw the dead body of Muhammad Afzal hanging on a jujube tree. Leaving Muhammad Siddique, Feroze Khan and Abdul Hamid to guard the-dead body Wali Muhammad, Ismail, Abdur Rahim, Muhammad Sarwar anal Sher Muhammad, went to the house of Shahmand, where all the four accused were present. On enquiry, they jointly confessed that they Gad taken the revenge of the insult inflicted by Muhammad Afzal on Mst. Nasim. The motive of the assault was that Muhammad Afzal deceased had cut .a filthy joke with Mst. Nasim; sister of…

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