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1995 SCMR 1149

Raja SONDHA KHAN vs MUHAMMAD ASGHAR and another

Citation1995 SCMR 1149
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Criminal Petition for Leave to Appeal No, 99 of 1993
Date1993-11-30
Judge(s)Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, Muhammad Rafique Tarar
ResultLeave refused

' MUHAMMAD RAFIQ TARAR, J---Raja Sondha Khan, petitioner seeks leave to appeal from the order of a learned Division Bench of the Lahore High Court dated 12-10-1993 whereby petition for suspension of sentence filed by Muhammad Asghar respondent/convict, under sentence of imprisonment for life in a murder case, was allowed.

2. The learned trial Judge while summing up his observations about the role played by Muhammad Asghar respondent No,1 herein in para. 25 of his judgment observed as under:-- "In so far as Muhammad Asghar accused is concerned, he is alleged to have caused injuries to Mushtaq Ahmad and Qutab Khan (P.Ws.) They have not been examined by the prosecution.

Muhammad Anwar (P.W. 14) has stated that he had not seen Muhammad Asghar accused firing.

Muhammad Azam P.W. 15 has also stated that he had seen the guns only with Muhammad Akhtar and Zafar alias Muzaffar Iqbal accused. Muhammad Asghar accused has no motive to attempt on the lives of Mushtaq Ahmad and Qutab Khan (P.Ws.). It appears that, some stray-pellets of the fire shot by Muhammad Akhtar accused had hit these two P.Ws. The role attributed to Muhammad Asghar accused does not, therefore, stand established. However, both Muhammad Anwar and Muhammad Azam (P.Ws.) have stated that Muhammad Asghar accused was also with Zafar alias (Muzaffar Iqbal and Muhammad Akhtar accused when they had alighted from the land-rover."

' Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that Muhammad Anwar and Muhammad Azam P.Ws.

Had fully implicated the petitioner and although Mushtaq and Qutab Khan P.Ws. Who allegedly suffered injuries at the hands of the petitioner were not examined yet their medico-legal reports were on the record, therefore, it was not at all a fit case for suspension of sentence.

3. After considering the submissions made by the learned counsel in the light of material available on the record particularly the observations of the trial Court reproduced above we do not feel inclined to interfere with the discretionary orders passed by the High Court suspending the sentence of respondent No,1. Consequently this petition is dismissed.

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