AHMAD DIN vs FAIZ AHMAD AND 2 Other — 1972 SCMR 549

Citation: 1972 SCMR 549

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: AHMAD DIN vs FAIZ AHMAD AND 2 Other

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Case cited as 1972 SCMR 549

Judgment Text

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Hamoodur Rahman, Sajjad Ahmad Jan, Anwar-ul-Haq Title: AHMAD DIN vs FAIZ AHMAD AND 2 Other Case No.:Criminal Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 61 of 1972 Criminal JUDGMENT Reported As: 1972 SCMR 549 Result: Leave refused Judgment JUDGMENT SAJJAD AHMAD, J.-The respondents, Faiz Ahmad and Hashim A.I, who are real brothers, were tried for the murder of their co-villager, Muhammad Siddique, under section 302/34, P. P. C. By the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Lahore, who found them guilty and sentenced each of them to transportation for life. The respondents preferred an appeal in the Lahore High Court, which was accepted and they were acquitted. This petition for special leave to appeal by Ahmad Din, the father of the deceased, is directed against the acquittal order. The parties are residents of village Bhopiwal and belong to two opposite factions of Ahl-e-Hadith in the village, one led by the petitioner and the other by Faiz Ahmad, respondent. There was a dispute between the two factions over the Imamat of the village mosque. A month prior to the occurrence, which took place on the 10th of October 1966, Ilyas, P. W., a paternal uncle of the deceased, was insulted and beaten by Faiz Ahmad. Ilyas had openly declared that this insult and beating would not go unavenged. The deceased sustained two stab wounds, one on the neck and the other in the chest cavity. He also received an incised wound on his right wrist. Hashim,…

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