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Penal Code (XLV of 1860)-­-S.302--Sentence, reduction of--Accused having no right to object to the marriage of his niece to the deceased, moreso in the presence of her father who had given her hand to deceased--Accused inflicted seven injuries on the person of deceased--No extenuating circumstance, held, existed to reduce sentence of accused. M. Bilal, Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioner. Nemo for the State. Date of hearing: 30th November, 1988. . ORDER ALI HUSSAIN QAZILBASH, J.--This is a petition for leave to appeal against the judgment of a learned Division Bench of the Lahore High Court dated 20-2-1985. 2. Sajjad Hussain petitioner was convicted under section 302, P.P.C. for the murder of Muhammad Sadiq by the learned Sessions Judge, Rahimyar Khan, vide his judgment dated 30-10-1983, and was sentenced to death and a fine of Rs.3,000 or in default to one year's R.I. His appeal in the High Court also met the same fate. We need not give the facts of the case in that the learned counsel for the petitioner has not challenged the conviction of the petitioner for committing the murder of Muhammad Sadiq on merits but he has prayed for lesser sentence to his client. 3. A plea of lesser sentence was also made in the High Court but the same was repelled as under: "We have also examined this case to consider the…

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