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| 2026 SLG 961 2026 SLD 961 = 2026 LHC 1715 |
Lahore High Court
Crl. A. No.1169 of 2025
Presented By: (Tariq Mahmood Bajwa) Judge
Date of Hearing 04.02.2026. Appellant By: Khalid Mehmood Shahzaib Awan & Ms. Talat Nisar, Advocates.
Respondent By: Ch. Amjad Hassan Ali & Ch. Afrasiab Khan, Advocates with respondent No.1. State By: Mr. Naeem Akbar, Deputy Prosecutor General.
Crl. A. No.1169 of 2025
Presented By: (Tariq Mahmood Bajwa) Judge
Date of Hearing 04.02.2026. Appellant By: Khalid Mehmood Shahzaib Awan & Ms. Talat Nisar, Advocates.
Respondent By: Ch. Amjad Hassan Ali & Ch. Afrasiab Khan, Advocates with respondent No.1. State By: Mr. Naeem Akbar, Deputy Prosecutor General.
Malik Muhammad Saeed & another
VS
. Lal Khan, etc.
Law: Illegal Dispossession Act, 2005
Section: 3(1), 4, 5
Law: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
Section: 342, 265-C
Tagline
Illegal Dispossession Act applies only where prior actual physical possession is proved; mere ownership or paper possession is insufficient.
Summary
The appellants (landowners) filed a complaint under the Illegal Dispossession Act, 2005 alleging that after obtaining an ex parte ejectment order and warrant of possession, they were delivered possession, but the respondent unlawfully dispossessed them the next day.
The trial Court acquitted the accused, and the appeal was dismissed.