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2002 SCMR 1190

Haji FAZAL DIN vs AKHLAQ AHMED and others

Citation2002 SCMR 1190
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Criminal Petition No,282-L of 2001 Criminal Appeal No,1022 of 1996
Date2002-02-07
Judge(s)Qazi Muhammad Farooq, Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, Tanvir Ahmed Khan
ResultPetition dismissed

ORDER

' QAZI MUHAMMAD FAROOQ, J.---This petition is directed against the judgment dated 16-4-2001 of a learned Judge in Chambers of the Lahore High Court passed in Criminal Appeal No,1022 of 1996 whereby the sentence of imprisonment for life awarded to respondent Laique Ahmed by the learned trial Judge in a murder case was maintained and the respondent Akhlaq Ahmed was acquitted.

2. The prayer made in the petition is to the effect that the sentence awarded to Laique Ahmed may be enhanced to death and the acquittal of Akhlaq Ahmed be set aside.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner did not press the petition qua Laique Ahmed on the ground that he had already served out the sentence awarded to him and cannot be legally convicted and sentenced twice for the same offence. He also did not press the petition in respect of respondent Akhlaq Ahmed and rightly so because the grounds of his acquittal do not appear to be perverse, fanciful and speculative. Consequently, the petition is dismissed having been not pressed.

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