1996 PLP 1654 (SCMR)
MUHAMMAD SADIQ and another‑‑‑Petitioners Versus THE STATE‑‑‑Respondent
| Citation | 1996 PLP 1654 (SCMR) |
| Forum / Court | Supreme Court of Pakistan |
| Bench Members | Abdul Qadeer Chaudhry and Manzoor Hussain Sial, JJ |
| Parties | MUHAMMAD SADIQ and another‑‑‑Petitioners Versus THE STATE‑‑‑Respondent |
| Primary Law | Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)‑‑‑ |
Q1: What are the key laws and sections cited in 1996 PLP 1654 (SCMR)?
This judgment primarily cites: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)‑‑‑ as referenced in Pakistani case law index.
Q2: Which judicial bench decided the case 1996 PLP 1654 (SCMR)?
The case was heard and decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan bench comprising: Abdul Qadeer Chaudhry and Manzoor Hussain Sial, JJ.
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Laws Cited
Representation
- Zafar Pasha Chaudhry, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Mahmood A. Qureshi, Advocate‑on‑Record (absent) for Petitioners.
- Date of hearing: 21st February, 1994.
- Zafar Pasha Chaudhry, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Mahmood A. Qureshi, Advocate-on-Record (absent) for Petitioners.
- Raja Abdul Ghafoor, Advocate Supreme Court for the State.
Headnotes / Summary
(On appeal from the judgment/order dated 14‑11‑1993, of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, Rawalpindi, passed in Criminal Misc. No.637/B/1992). ‑‑‑‑S. 497‑‑‑Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 302/324/148/149‑‑‑Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185(3)‑‑‑Bail, grant of‑‑‑Accused were alleged to have kept on firing and raising Lalkara at the time of occurrence‑‑‑Although accused were armed with a pistol and a rifle, yet they did not cause any injury to the complainant party‑‑‑Allegation of Lalkara against the accused was proverbial‑‑ Accused were admitted to bail in circumstances. Raja Abdul Ghafoor, Advocate Supreme Court for the State.
Judgment & Decree
ABDUL QADEER CHAUDHRY, J.
The petitioners alongwith others were charged under section 302/324/1481149, P.P.C. According to the First Information Report Muhammad Sadiq, petitioner No.1, was armed with pistol. Both Asif Iqbal and Talib Hussain were armed with .12 bore guns, Sabir Hussain armed with a carbine, Islam-ul-Haq, petitioner No.2, armed with a .7 mm rifle and Arif Iqbal armed with a .30 bore pistol. Asif Iqbal fired a shot at the deceased, and the pellets thereof hit his face, chest and neck. Sabir Hussain then fired at the. complainant. Talib Hussain also fired a shot which hit Muhammad Israr a witness and the deceased Muhammad Humayon. The allegation against Muhammad Sadiq and Islam-ul-Haq, the present petitioners, are that they kept on firing and raising Lalkara.
2. There is no injury by means of pistol and .7 mm rifle. The allegation of Lalkara against the petitioners is proverbial. Though the petitioners were stated to be armed with pistol and rifle, but they did not cause any injury to the complainant party. The petitioners are admitted to bail. They be released, if each of them furnishes bail bonds in the sum of Rs.50,000 with two sureties each in the alike amount to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge, Rawalpindi. N.H.Q./M-2270/S Bail allowed.