Case Details

Citation(s)
1983 SLG 781 1983 SLD 781 = 1983 PLD 191
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Criminal Appeal No. 23-P of 1980, decided on 16th November 1982. (Against the judgment of the Peshawar High Court, dated 16-1-1980, passed in Criminal Revision. No. 105 of 1979).
Present : Aslam Riaz Hassain, Actg. C. J., S. A. Nusrat and Zafar Hussain Mirza, JJ .
Munlr Khan, Advocate Supreme Court with M. Qasim Imam, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioner. Amirzada Khan, Assistant Advocate-General with Nur Ahmad Khan, Advocate-on-Record for the State. Date of hearing : 16th November, 1982.

ZAMAN-Petitioner

VERSUS

THE STATE-Respondent

Law: N.W. F. P. Vegetable Ghee (Distribution) Order, 1971

Section: 6 , 9

N.W. F. P. Vegetable Ghee (Distribution) Order, 1971-

 

Ss. 6 & 9-Charge of hoarding stock of vegetable ghee-Recovery of large quantity of vegetable ghee from godown of shopkeeper-No evidence that shopkeeper either refused to sell vegetable ghee to any customer on plea of non-availability or that he had not placed any quantity of same in his shop for sale-Held, such shopkeeper cannot be said to be guilty of hoarding-Conviction set aside.[Evidence].

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