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Azad J. & K
Review Application Criminal No. 182 of 1955, decided on 7th May 1956.
Presented By: NIAZ AHMAD, J.
(a) High Court-Practice-Judgment of Judge cannot be modified by other Judge. A judgment of a single judge of High Court sitting as a Revisional Court is a judgment of the High Court and n other judge or Bench of judges of this Court has power to modify such judgment. The judicial powers of the Chief justice are not greater than or different from but are exactly the same as those of any other judge of the High Court. (b) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss 369 & 561 (a)---- No Judgment can be reviewed after it has been signed by Judge except to correct clerical error. Under section 369 no judgment can be reviewed by a Judge when he has signed the judgment except to correct a clerical error. In section 561 (a), Criminal P. C. there is no definite provision for a review of the judgment. There is no other section in the Code dealing with the right of review and laying Sown the conditions under which that right could be exercised. A Court of competent jurisdiction may decide a case rightly or wrongly and it is not open to the same judge much less to other judges of co-ordinate jurisdiction to review that decision. Raju, and another v. Emperor A I R 1928 Lah. 462 ; Dahu Raut and others v. Emperor A I R 1933 Cal. 870 ; Edward Few v. Emperor A I R 1939 Lah. 244 ; Mst. Wasima v. Emperor A I R 1935 All. 566 ref. Muhammad Sadiq v. Crown A I R 1925 Lah. 355 and Uathia Das v. Crown A I R 1927 Lah. 139 ref. Ashai, P. D. S. P. for the Government.
Review Application Criminal No. 182 of 1955, decided on 7th May 1956.
Presented By: NIAZ AHMAD, J.
(a) High Court-Practice-Judgment of Judge cannot be modified by other Judge. A judgment of a single judge of High Court sitting as a Revisional Court is a judgment of the High Court and n other judge or Bench of judges of this Court has power to modify such judgment. The judicial powers of the Chief justice are not greater than or different from but are exactly the same as those of any other judge of the High Court. (b) Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), Ss 369 & 561 (a)---- No Judgment can be reviewed after it has been signed by Judge except to correct clerical error. Under section 369 no judgment can be reviewed by a Judge when he has signed the judgment except to correct a clerical error. In section 561 (a), Criminal P. C. there is no definite provision for a review of the judgment. There is no other section in the Code dealing with the right of review and laying Sown the conditions under which that right could be exercised. A Court of competent jurisdiction may decide a case rightly or wrongly and it is not open to the same judge much less to other judges of co-ordinate jurisdiction to review that decision. Raju, and another v. Emperor A I R 1928 Lah. 462 ; Dahu Raut and others v. Emperor A I R 1933 Cal. 870 ; Edward Few v. Emperor A I R 1939 Lah. 244 ; Mst. Wasima v. Emperor A I R 1935 All. 566 ref. Muhammad Sadiq v. Crown A I R 1925 Lah. 355 and Uathia Das v. Crown A I R 1927 Lah. 139 ref. Ashai, P. D. S. P. for the Government.
AZAD J. & K. GOVERNMENT
VERSUS
KALOO etc.
Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)
Section: 369,561(a)
ORDER NIAZ AHMAD, J.---- This is a petition under the provi sions of section 561 (a), Criminal P. C. challenging the legality of my order dated 8th November 1955, quashing Criminal Proceedings against one Mst. Rasool Bibi an accused person in case State v. Kaloo and others, offences under section 364 and 365 etc. A. P. C. pending in the Court of the Revenue Assistant, Magistrate 1st Class, Mirpur. It is prayed that the above order be set aside. An attempt was made to get this petition decided by my Lord the Chief justice. The Chief Justice, however, very properly decided that he had no jurisdiction to interfere with my order and the petition was then put up to me. According to the Law prevailing here, a judgment of a single Judge off this Court sitting as a Revisional Court is a judgment of the High Court and no other judge or Bench of judges of this Court has power to modify such judgment. The Judicial powers of the Chief Justice are not P L D 1958 Azad J greater than or different from but are exactly the same as those of any other judge of this Court. It has been urged on behalf of the petitioner that there was evidence that Mst. Rasool Bibi was guilty of the offences under sections 364, 365 and 314 A. P. C. etc., and that my order quashing Criminal Proceedings is not correct. I am now asked to reconsider my decision. This prayer can not however be granted in view of the provisions of section 369. Criminal P. C. According to this section, no. judgment can be reviewed by a Judge when he has signed the judgment except to correct a clerical error. Mr. Ashai, however, urges that the High Court has inherent powers to make any order that it may think fit to secure the ends of justice and that this power was expressly conferred by section 561 (a) Criminal P. C. He has cited Muhammad Sadiq v. Crown (A I R 1925 Lah. 355) and Mathra Das v. Crown (A I R 1927 Lah.139) in support of his argument. The latter decision has since been overruled while no reference has been made to section 369, Criminal P. C. in Muhammad Sadiq v. Crown. The inten tion of section 369, Criminal P. C. is to debar the High Court from revising its own judgment in criminal…