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1993 P Cr. L J 1837

Mst. RUKHSANA alias SHABANA vs Rana MUHAMMAD TAUHID and 3 others

Citation1993 P Cr. L J 1837
CourtFederal Shariat Court
Case No.Criminal Revision Petition No,108/L of 1992
Date1993-05-17
Judge(s)Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Nazir Ahmad Bhatti
ResultRevision petition dismissed.

' NAZIR AHMAD BHATTI, J.--- Petitioner Mst. Rukhsana alias Shabana had recorded F.I.R. No,346 in Police Station Samundari on 26-8-1988 wherein she had charged respondents Nos.1 to 4 herein, for kidnapping her and then subjecting her to Zina-bil-Jabr on 11-8-1988. Since no action had been taken in pursuance of the F.I.R. The petitioner filed a private complaint on 13-6-1989 which was sent to the Additional Sessions Judge, Faisalabad for trial.

2. After the conclusion of the trial the learned Additional Sessions Judge acquitted the respondents by judgment dated 3-6-1991. The complainant has challenged the aforesaid judgment by the revision petition in hand.

3. In the first place the revision petition is hopelessly time-barred. The impugned judgment was made on 3-6-1991 while the revision petition was received in this Court on 30-11-1992, after a delay of about a year and a half. Neither any application was made for condonation of delay nor any explanation has been furnished for filing revision petition after such an inordinate delay.

4. In so far as the merit of the case is concerned, the petitioner did not produce any independent witness to prove her allegation against the respondents. Medical evidence was also not produced in order to give any strength or corroboration to her own oral deposition.

5. In the circumstances the learned Additional Sessions Judge appropriately acquitted the respondents. The impugned judgment does not call for any interference by this Court. The revision petition is dismissed.

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