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| 1981 SLG 1651 1981 SLD 1651 = 1981 PLD 144 |
Criminal Appeal No. 68 of 1981, heard on 6th June, 1981.
Before Usman Ali Shah, J
Muhammad Ishaq Khan Kundi for Appellant. S. Ibni Ali, A. A.-G. for the State.
MUHAMMAD AMIN AND ANOTHER-Appellants
VERSUS
THE STATE-Respondent
Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)
Section: 342
Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)
Section: 402
JUDGMENT
Accused Muhammad Amin, Nisar Ahmad Khan, Khan Muhammad and Arbab
Mehboob Ali Khan were charged under section 409, P. P. C. read with section 5(2), Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 for having mis appropriated the Government money to the tune of Rs. 10,117 is connivance with each other. The learned Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Peshawar who tried the accused found them guilty of the offence, accordingly convicted them under the said sections and sentenced each one of them to three months' R. I. and a fine of Its. 1,500, or in default further three months R. I., vide his judgment dated 20-4-81. They felt aggrieved of their conviction and sentence and hence accused Muhammad Amin and Nisar Ahmad have filed a joint appeal bearing No. 68/81 and accused Khan Muhammad and Arbab Mahboob Ali Khan appeal bearing No. 70/81 in this Court to question the legality of their conviction and sentence. This judgment will dispose of both appeals.