Sentence of Death
Sentence of Death legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.
Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)
Variation in death certificate would not make same a reliable document.
Question of commutation on ground of delay in execution-Whether Federal Court will consider on petition for special leave to appeal.
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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Sentence of Death"
1987 S C M R 128
MUHAMMAD ANWAR‑‑Petitioner Versus The STATE‑‑Respondent
Court: ‑‑‑Art. 185(3)‑‑Penal Code (XLV of 1860), 5.302‑‑Sentence of death‑ Reduction in‑‑Compromise with sufficient compensation‑‑Mitigating circumstance‑‑Petitioner convicted and sentenced to death‑‑Accused party sufficiently compensating heirs of deceased‑‑Parties compromised agreeing to keep future peace‑‑Compromise treated a mitigating circumstance‑ Conviction of petitioner and sentence of fine maintained but sentence of death reduced to imprisonment for life‑‑Petition converted into appeal and partially allowed.‑‑Sentence‑‑Compromise.P L D 1952 Lahore 560
THE CROWN‑Petitioner Versus SAIDU and another‑Respondents
Court: High CourtP L D 1954 Lahore 73
KHALAS KHAN and another (Convicts)‑Appellants Versus THE CROWN‑Respondent
Court:P L D 1998 Peshawar 101
SAMBALI KHAN‑‑‑Appellant Versus THE STATE‑‑‑Respondent
Court: ‑‑‑‑Ss. 299(k) & 302 as substituted by Criminal Law (Amendment) Act (II of 1997))‑‑‑Sentence of Qisas‑‑‑Conviction of accused for Qatl‑e‑Amd was maintained because case against accused not only stood proved beyond any reasonable doubt, but was also too strong to be demolished‑‑‑Sentence of death as Qisas awarded to accused was, however, altered to imprisonment for life being inconceivable that sentence of death as Qisas could be awarded without undertaking exercise of Tazkiyah‑al‑Shuhood ‑‑‑Liability of Qisas was to be established by two competent (A'dil) witnesses and sentence of death as Qisas could not be imposed unless Court was satisfied having regard to requirements of Tazkiyah‑al‑Shahood that the charge of intentional murder was supported by credible testimony of two male adult (A'dil) Muslim witnesses who were not only truthful witnesses, but also abstained from major sins and were not inclined to indulge in minor sins‑‑‑Probity of witnesses was indispensable‑‑‑Probity of all eye‑witnesses in case was challenged and it was not established on record by means of Tazkiyah‑al‑Shahood that they were in fact A'dil witnesses‑‑‑When the guilt of intentional murder was established, but the evidence of the requisite standard for visiting murder with the sentence of death as Qisas was not available, Court had to award sentence of death as Tazir‑‑‑Deceased was earlier charged for murder of father of accused when accused was about 7/8 years of age, but deceased was acquitted and accused being smarting under grievance had committed murder of deceased to avenge murder of his father‑‑‑Sentence of death as Qisas awarded to accused, was altered to imprisonment for life.‑‑Sentence.1987 S C M R 363
MUHAMMAD ASHRAF alias ACHHU‑‑Appellant Versus THE STATE Respondent
Court: ‑‑‑Art. 185(3)‑‑Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 302‑‑Sentence‑ Compromise‑‑Mitigating circumstances‑‑Petition against conviction and sentence of death‑‑Complainant side compromised after being duly compensated by accused party‑‑Agreement of compromise treated as a mitigating circumstance‑‑Conviction was maintained but sentence of death reduced to imprisonment for life‑‑Petition converted into appeal and allowed.‑‑Compromise‑‑Sentence.1983 P Cr
ABDUL RASHEED‑Appellant Versus THE STATE‑Respondent
Court: KarachiP L D 2013 Supreme Court 793
HASSAN and others — Appellants Versus THE STATE and others — Respondents
Court: High Court1980 S C M R 291
SHER ALI‑Appellant Versus THE STATE‑Respondent
Court: ‑‑ S. 302‑Murder‑Division Bench of High Court maintaining con viction of accused but differing on question of sentence ‑One member commuting sentence of death to life imprisonment on grounds that (i) parties were close relatives ; (ii) they had no serious enmity, (iii) marks of pellets showing something did happen between parties before accused shot deceased, and other confirming. death sentence Third Judge, on reference. favouring verdict of latter Member and thus on majority view death sentence confirmed ‑ Supreme Court, on appeal, agreed with view of differing Judge and converted sentence of death into that of life imprisonment.‑Practice and procedure‑Sentence.2005 S C M R 427
Syed HAMID MUKHTAR SHAH Petitioner Versus MUHAMMAD AZAM and 2 others‑‑‑Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan1994 S C M R 582
SHAH MUHAMMAD alias MANNA‑‑‑Appellant Versus THE STATE‑‑‑Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan