ABDUL KARIM BUTT vs ABDUL QAYYUM And ANOTHER — 1972 PCRLJ 1182

Citation: 1972 PCRLJ 1182

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-15

Parties: ABDUL KARIM BUTT vs ABDUL QAYYUM And ANOTHER

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Case cited as 1972 PCRLJ 1182

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Muhammad Afzal Cheema Title: ABDUL KARIM BUTT vs ABDUL QAYYUM And ANOTHER Case No.: Criminal Revision No. 1240 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-12-15 Reported As: 1972 PCr. L J 1182 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment ORDER Abdul Karim, petitioner, has challenged the order of the learned trial Magistrate whereby after having record some evidence in the complaint filed by respondent No. 1 he framed a charge against the petitioner under section 420, P. P. C. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the matter at best gave rise to an actionable wrong as also indicated by the civil suit simultaneously filed by the respondent for the recovery of the amount in question. 3. Having been taken through the record, I find that the allegations contained in the complaint are that on the 30th of May 1969, the petitioner issued cheque No. CAO 24960 drawn on the Central Bank Ltd., Gujranwala in favour of the respondent for a sum of Rs. 2,480 on account of the money due to the latter from the labourers working at his brick-kiln who on the request of the petitioner were allowed to leave the kiln of the respondent so as to be employed by the petitioner. The cheque was twice dishonoured with the result that the respondent was relieved of the labour as also of the sum of Rs. 2,480 advanced by him to his labourers. It is alleged in the complaint that / when the petitioner issued a post-dated cheque in favour of the respondent, he was conscious of…

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