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PCRLJ 1969

1969 P Cr (PLP)

SARWAR AND OTHERS‑Petitioners Versus THE STATE‑Respondent

Jurisdiction / Court
Supreme Court
Decided Date
Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 77 of 1968, decided on 21st June 1968.
Honorable Judges
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Citation 1969 P Cr (PLP)
Forum / Court Supreme Court
Bench Members Single Bench
Parties SARWAR AND OTHERS‑Petitioners Versus THE STATE‑Respondent
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Representation

  • Syed Jamil Hussain Rizvi, Senior Advocate Supreme Court (Aziz‑ud‑Din Advocate Supreme Court with him) instructed by Abdul Karim Sheikh, Attorney for Petitioners.
  • Date of hearing : 21st June 1968.

Headnotes / Summary

(On appeal from the judgment and order of the High Court of West Pakistan, Lahore, dated the 17th January 1968, in Criminal Appeal No. 456 of 1966). Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

S. 302‑Conviction of three accused‑High Court on appeal by State enhancing sentence of two accused from transportation for life to one of extreme penalty of death‑Two accused thus having right of appeal to Supreme Court under Art. 58(2) of Constitution, special leave to appeal also granted to third accused his case being not distinguishable from that of the other two accused. Nemo for the State.

Judgment & Decree

MUHAMMAD YAQUB ALI, J.‑

The High Court has on appeal by the State enhanced the sentences of transportation for life awarded to Iftikhar and Usman, petitioners Nos. 2 and 3, by the trial Judge to the extreme penalty of death under section 302/34, P. P. C. They, accordingly, have a right of appeal to this Court under Article 58 of the Constitution. The case of Sarwar, petitioner No. 1, is not distinguishable from the case of the petitioners 2 and

3. Leave to appeal is, accordingly, granted to all the three petitioners. Leave granted.

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  • Journal: PCRLJ
  • Volume Year: 1969
  • Citation Ref: 1969 P Cr (PLP)

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