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| 2025 SLG 1090 2025 SLD 1090 = 2025 SCP 130 = 2026 SCMR 852 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Criminal Appeal No. 23/2020 (Against the order/judgment dated ()2.06.2015 passed by the Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, in Cr. As. No. 281, 303, 320, 321, 367/2012 and M.R. No.47 /2012)
PRESENT: Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim
For the Appellant(s): Mr. Zulfikar Khalid Maluka, ASC Syed Rifaqat Hussain Shah, AOR For the State: Ms. Memoona lhsan-uI-Haq, DPG Date of Hearing: 13.03.2025
Criminal Appeal No. 23/2020 (Against the order/judgment dated ()2.06.2015 passed by the Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, in Cr. As. No. 281, 303, 320, 321, 367/2012 and M.R. No.47 /2012)
PRESENT: Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim
For the Appellant(s): Mr. Zulfikar Khalid Maluka, ASC Syed Rifaqat Hussain Shah, AOR For the State: Ms. Memoona lhsan-uI-Haq, DPG Date of Hearing: 13.03.2025
Ghulam Mustafa Appellan t(s)
VERSUS
The State Respondent(s)
Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)
Section: 302(b)
Law: Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1898
Section: 149, 324, 337, 452, 342, 544
SUMMARY;
The case involves appellant Ghulam Mustafa, initially convicted under Section 302(b) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) for murder and sentenced to death, along with compensation payment under Section 544 Cr.P.C. He was also convicted under Sections 149 (unlawful assembly), 324 (causing hurt with weapon), 337 (causing hurt), and 452 (house trespass) PPC. The Lahore High Court maintained his conviction under Section 302(b) PPC but commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment.
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