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1986 SCMR 1627

MUHAMMAD ITTEFAQ vs The STATE

Citation1986 SCMR 1627
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Criminal Miscellaneous No. 90-R of- 1985 in Criminal Appeal No. 129 of 1977
Date1986-06-10
Judge(s)Mian Burhanuddin Khan, Ali Hussain Qazilbash, Muhammad Afzal Zullah,
ResultOrder accordingly

ORDER

1. While restoring the order of the trial Court, no direction was made for the concurrent running of the sentences of imprisonment for life on two counts under section 302, P.P.C. Read with section 34, P.P.C. And the sentences of imprisonment awarded again on two counts under section 307, P.P.C.

2. Read with section 34, P.P.C. This error crept in because the trial Court had awarded death sentences to the petitioner. The consecutive running of the sentences is violative of Proviso (a) to section 35(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. Reference in this regard may be made to Javed Shaikh v. The State 1985 SCM R 153. In one other case namely Criminal Review Petition No. 4-R of 1985, there was also an omission and this Court had ordered for the concurrent running of sentences of imprisonment.

3. Accordingly, we, in the interest of justice, direct that all these sentences of imprisonment should run concurrently.

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