1968 P Cr (PLP)
REHMATULLAH‑Petitioner Versus THE STATE‑Respondent
| Citation | 1968 P Cr (PLP) |
| Forum / Court | Supreme Court |
| Bench Members | A. R. Cornelius, C. J. end Muhammad Yaqub Ali, J |
| Parties | REHMATULLAH‑Petitioner Versus THE STATE‑Respondent |
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Q2: Which judicial bench decided the case 1968 P Cr (PLP)?
The case was heard and decided by the Supreme Court bench comprising: A. R. Cornelius, C. J. end Muhammad Yaqub Ali, J.
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Representation
- Munawwar Akhtar, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by S. Inayat Hussain, Attorney for Petitioner.
Headnotes / Summary
S. 302‑Evidence needing re‑examination to ensure justice‑Leave to appeal to Supreme Court granted.
Judgment & Decree
CORNELIUS, C. J.‑All the principal witnesses resiled at the trial from their earlier statements before the committing Magistrate, in a murder case, and the conviction, which was upheld in appeal by a learned Single Judge of the High Court is based largely on acceptance of the earlier statements. The petitioner is father of the murdered girl, who bad left her husband Nazir and was living with her parents. She appears to have been of loose character. Some reliance has been placed in the Courts below on the discovery after the crime that the petitioner's clothes bore stains of blood, but there was evidence also that when the murder first became known, and people assembled at the house, Nazir was present there and his clothes too bore blood‑stains. We consider that the evidence needs to be re‑examined to ensure that justice is done. Leave to appeal is accordingly granted.