ALLAH BACHAYA vs The STATE — 1972 PCRLJ 162

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 162

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-05-20

Parties: ALLAH BACHAYA vs The STATE

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 162

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Ataullah Sajjad Title: ALLAH BACHAYA vs The STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 736 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-05-20 Reported As: 1972 P Cr. L J 162 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The appellant Allah Bachaya was a revenue Patwari in mauza Lai Wahan 'Tehsil Lodhran' District Multan, and was tried under section 5 (c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act for illegally acquiring property in a number of villages in his own name, in the names of his wife AIst. Amir Khatun, his father Khuda Bakhsh and his father-in-law Allah Diwaya, on the allegation that this property was disproportionate to his known resources of income. He was convicted on the above charge and was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 12,200. In default of the payment of fine he was to serve a further term of imprisonment of one and a half years. 2. The learned Special Judge found that the allegation that he had acquired land benarni in the names of his wife, his father and his father-in-law, had not been substantiated. He, however, found that the appellant had purchased property worth Rs. 12,200 without the prior permission of his department and that the acquisition was beyond his known sources of income. The record shows that the appellant purchased property worth Rs. 62,000 by mutations Nos. 1249, 1621 and 1628 in the year 1963 which are Exhs. P. C., P. G. and P. F. respectively on this record. In addition he purchased another…

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