2008 PLP 114 (SCMR)
Malik NADEEM ZAMAN — Petitioner Versus THE STATE — Respondent
| Citation | 2008 PLP 114 (SCMR) |
| Forum / Court | Supreme Court of Pakistan |
| Bench Members | Raja Fayyaz Ahmad and Ghulam Rabbani, JJ |
| Parties | Malik NADEEM ZAMAN — Petitioner Versus THE STATE — Respondent |
| Primary Law | Penal Code (XLV of 1860) |
Q1: What are the key laws and sections cited in 2008 PLP 114 (SCMR)?
This judgment primarily cites: Penal Code (XLV of 1860) as referenced in Pakistani case law index.
Q2: Which judicial bench decided the case 2008 PLP 114 (SCMR)?
The case was heard and decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan bench comprising: Raja Fayyaz Ahmad and Ghulam Rabbani, JJ.
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Laws Cited
Representation
- Muhammad Zaman Bhatti, Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioner.
Headnotes / Summary
(On appeal from the judgment, dated 11-12-2006 of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, Rawalpindi, passed in Criminal Appeal No.211 of 2001 and Murder Reference No.127 of 2002).
S. 302
Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art.185(3)
Multiple murders-Accused was concurrently convicted and sentenced to death by Trial Court and High Court for committing murder of his father, two real sisters and a nephew
All aspects and circumstances of the case had been thoroughly thrashed out which excluded all probabilities and possibilities of innocence of accused who simply took the plea for having been falsely involved in the case and claimed innocence
No defence evidence was led by accused and judgment passed by High Court was unexceptionable and did not suffer from any infirmity legal or factual so as to call for any interference by Supreme Court
Leave to appeal was refused. Nemo for the State.
Judgment & Decree
RAJA FAYYAZ AHMAD, J.
Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner has been found guilty for committing multiple murders in his own house of his close relations i.e. father Malik Sher Zaman, real sisters Shagufta and Darkhshan including nephew Awais, concurrently by both the learned Courts i.e. the learned trial Court and the learned High Court. In this case, threadbare reappraisal and scrutiny of the evidence has been made by the learned trial Court, as well as the same has been scanned carefully and reappraised by the learned High Court in its true perspective. All the aspects and circumstances of the case has been thoroughly thrashed out, which excluded all probabilities and possibilities of the innocence of the petitioner, who simply took the plea for having been falsely involved and claimed innocence. No defence evidence was led. The impugned judgment is unexceptionable and does not suffer from any infirmity legal or factual so as to call for any interference by this Court. This petition having without any substance is dismissed. Leave refused. M.H./N-11/SC Petition dismissed.