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Constitution of Pakistan (1973)-----Art. 185(3)--Penal Code (XLV of 1860). S. 302--Leave to anneal grant of--Reappraisal of evidence--Petitioner tried under S. 302, P.P.C. given benefit of doubt and acquitted--On revision, High Court ordered retrial of case after lapse of 14 years--Plea raised that retrial was not warranted in facts and circumstances of case after lapse of inordinate delay--Reappraisal of evidence considered necessary and leave to appeal granted.--[Delay-Evidence]. Khawaja Sarfraz Ahmad, Advocate Supreme Court instructed by Hamid Aslam Qureshi, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioner. Nemo for Respondents. Date of hearing: 17th November, 1985. ORDER S.A. NUSRAT, J.--The petitioner was tried of an offence of murder of one, Ghulam Qadir, on 6-1-1971 allegedly over a dispute of land situated near the house. He was tried under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code for intentionally causing the death of Ghulam Qadir but was acquitted of the charge by the learned Sessions Judge, Sialkot, on 21-9-1971. The learned Sessions Judge, on the appreciation of…

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