Case Details

Citation(s)
1983 SLG 693 1983 SLD 693 = 1983 PLD 73
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Criminal Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 47 of 1982, beard on 22nd June, 1982. (Against the judgment of the Lahore High Court, Lahore, dated 14-1-1982, passed in Criminal Revision No. 38 of 1982).
Present : Aslam Riaz, Hussain and M. S. H. Qureshi, JJ
      Malik Talib Hussain Awan, Advocate Supreme Court with Sh. Abdul Karim, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioners. Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Assistant Advocate-General for the State. Dates of hearing : 20th and 22nd June, 1982.

ABDUL REHMAN AND others-Petitioners

VERSUS

THE STATE-Respondent

Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)

Section: 435 , 439 , 148 , 448 , 452

 (a)   Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)---

 

Ss. 435/439-Revision, disposal of-Revisional power of High Court-Does not create any right in any party but only conserves the power to see justice done according to recognised rules of criminal jurisprudence-High Court also not bound to interfere in every case of illegal or irregular order-Nevertheless, High Court, in case of entertaining an application for revision and hearing applicant, expected to notice contentions raised before: it, if relevant, and record its reasons for rejecting same-Order should at least disclose exercise of revisional, power having been declined on sound principles of law relating to dispensation of criminal justice and be sufficiently explicit to enable appellate Court to get same idea as to facts of case and to consider whether reasons of disposal of case sound and justifiable.

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