Law: Supreme Court Rules, 1980

Section: O.XXVI,R.1,9

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 188

Supreme Court Rules, 1980--- ----O. XXVI, Rr. 1 & 9---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 188---Review petition before the Supreme Court, dismissal of---Subsequent application for review---Maintainability---Appeal filed by counsel for accused against his conviction before the Supreme Court was withdrawn, and consequently dismissed---Review petition filed by accused before the Supreme Court against dismissal of his appeal was also declined, and one of the main reasons for it was that accused had been released on parole by that time---Accused filed another (review) application, which was objected to by the office of the Supreme Court on the ground that after dismissal of earlier review petition, there was no occasion to entertain the request---Validity---Dismissal of review petition foreclosed avenues for subsequent attempts by the accused/applicant and for that law was well-settled---Accused/applicant could not escape the consequences of course adopted by his duly engaged counsel merely on the ground that he had not so instructed him, that too so late in the day--- Application was dismissed accordingly. THIS ORDER PASSED BY: QAZI MUHAMMAD AMIN AHMED, J.--- Raja Farhat Iqbal, applicant herein, accused in a case of homicide, was acquitted by the trial Court; High Court of Sindh, however, reversed the findings and while returning a guilty verdict, sentenced him to imprisonment for life, vide judgment dated 28.12.2005, vires whereof were challenged through an appeal; the complainant dissatisfied with the quantum of sentence came up with a petition for…

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