1987 PLP 782 (SCMR)
SEERAT HUSSAIN SHAH‑‑Petitioner Versus THE STATE Respondent
| Citation | 1987 PLP 782 (SCMR) |
| Forum / Court | High Court |
| Bench Members | Aslam Riaz Hussain S. A. Nusrat and Saad Saood Jan, JJ |
| Parties | SEERAT HUSSAIN SHAH‑‑Petitioner Versus THE STATE Respondent |
| Primary Law | Penal Code (XLV of 1860) |
Q1: What are the key laws and sections cited in 1987 PLP 782 (SCMR)?
This judgment primarily cites: Penal Code (XLV of 1860) as referenced in Pakistani case law index.
Q2: Which judicial bench decided the case 1987 PLP 782 (SCMR)?
The case was heard and decided by the High Court bench comprising: Aslam Riaz Hussain S. A. Nusrat and Saad Saood Jan, JJ.
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Laws Cited
Representation
- M. B. Zaman, Advocate Supreme Court an‑d" Walayat Umar Chaudhry, Advocate‑on‑Record for Petitioner.
- Date of hearing: 16th February, 1987.
Headnotes / Summary
(Against the judgment of the Lahore High Court, Lahore, dated 18‑11‑1984, passed in Criminal Appeal No. 132/82 and M.R. 91/82. ‑‑‑S. 302‑‑Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185(3)‑‑Sentence‑ Petitioner, convicted and sentenced to death, no pressing case on merits but seeking reduction in sentence‑‑Petitioner's counsel unable to bring out any mitigating circumstance entitling petitioner to lesser sentence under S.302, Penal Code‑‑Petition for leave to appeal dismissed. Nemo for the State.
Judgment & Decree
M. B. Zaman, Advocate Supreme Court an‑d" Walayat Umar Chaudhry, Advocate‑on‑Record for Petitioner. Nemo for the State. Date of hearing: 16th February, 1987. ASLAM RIAZ HUSSAIN, J.‑‑Seerat Hussain Shah was tried, inter alia, for the murder of Abdul Shakoor and sentenced to death under section 302, P.P.C. His appeal was dismissed by the High Court vide the impugned judgment, dated 18‑11‑1984 and the death sentence was confirmed.
2. Hence the present petition for leave to appeal.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner does not press the case on merits and only seeks reduction in sentence. 4.We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner at length He has not been able to bring out any mitigating circumstance entitling, the petitioner to lesser sentence under section 302, P. P. C. The petition is, therefore, dismissed as having no merit. S. Q. /S‑121S Petition dismissed.