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Constitution of Pakistan (1973)-----Art. 185(3)--Penal Code (XLV of 1860), S. 161--Prevention of Corruption Act (II of 1947), S. 5(2)--Sentence, reduction of--Ahmad of Small Causes Court convicted and sentenced on charge of demanding/ accepting bribe--Contention that sentence was very heavy and in view of fact that Eid was approaching, it be reduced to that already undergone, repelled--Considering facts of case, specially department in which petitioner was working, and function he was performing, held, it was not a fit case for reduction of sentence because only by awarding heavier sentences evil of corruption can be eradicated.--[Sentence]. Rashid Murtaza Qureshi, Advocate Supreme Court and Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioner. M.A. Bajwa, Advocate Supreme Court for the State. Date of hearing: 4th June, 1985. ORDER ASLAM RIAZ HUSSAIN, J.--Muhammad Aslam, an Ahlmad in the Court of Small Causes Court at Lahore, was accused of demanding and accepting bribe and was convicted by the learned Special Judge, Anti-Corruption under section 161, P.P.C. read with section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, for which he was sentenced to 2 years' R.I. and a fine of…

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