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Habitual criminal

Habitual criminal legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.

Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)

2018 PCrLJ 31 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
S. 3Habitual criminalPreventive detentionPrinciplePetitioner was arrested and put under preventive detention on the ground that he was a habitual criminalValidityMere involvement of someone in one criminal case could not become basis to be dubbed as habitual offender

Hundreds of people involved in crimes, either on bail or otherwise, were roaming on streets but not all of them were thrown in jail by executive officers under preventive detention laws

Possibility of misuse or arbitrary use of such power by executive authorities could not be ruled out

High Court set aside detention order passed by Authorities as same was illegal, void ab initio and contrary to guarantees provided to citizens by the Constitution

Constitutional petition was allowed in circumstances.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Habitual criminal"

YLR 2010
Criminal Bail Application No. 584 of 2008, decided on 8th August, 2008.

2010 Y L R 2917

AZIM KHAN — Applicant Versus THE STATE — Respondent

Court: Karachi
PCRLJ 1997
1996-May-19

1997 P Cr

Rana RIAZ AHMAD — Applicant Versus THE STATE — Respondent

Court: Karachi
PCRLJ 1989
Writ Petition No. 1007 of 1988, heard on 1st August, 1988.

1989 P Cr

ABDUL LATIF‑‑Petitioner Versus DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, MUZAFFARGARH‑‑Respondent

Court: Lahore
PCRLJ 1987
Criminal Appeals Nos.3 and 4 of 1987, decided on 12th January, 1987.

1987 P Cr

NAZAR MUHAMMAD and 2 others‑‑Petitioners Versus THE STATE‑‑Respondent

Court: Quetta
PCRLJ 1995
1995-March-15

1995 P Cr

Raja SHAZAD KAYANI — Petitioner Versus SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT, POLICE, ABBOTTABAD and 2 others — Respondents

Court: Peshawar
YLR 2013
Criminal Miscellaneous Application No.S-75 of 2012, decided on 8th February, 2013.

2013 Y L R 2032

CHETTAN — Applicant Versus GHULAM HUSSAIN and 2 others — Respondents

Court: Sindh
MLD 2014
2013-February-14

2014 M L D 622

ABID ALI alias AABU — Petitioner Versus The STATE and others — Respondent

Court: Lahore
SCMR 2011
Criminal Petition No. 103-K of 2008, decided on 24th December, 2008.

2011 SCMR 965

ABDUL REHMAN — Petitioner Versus THE STATE — Respondent

Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
PLD 1950
Criminal Miscellaneous No. 86 of 1949, decided on 4th Sep tember 1949.

P

MUZAFFAR MAHMOOD‑Applicant Versus CROWN

Court:
PCRLJ 2018
2017-August-21

2018 P Cr

MUHAMMAD YAQOOB BUTT — Petitioner Versus DEPUTY COMMISSIONER HAFIZABAD and 2 others — Respondents

Court: Lahore