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Penal Code (XLV of 1860)-------Ss. 302/34 & 324/34---Leave to appeal was granted by Supreme Court to accused in one case to consider only the quantum of sentence and in the other case to determine as to whether the injury attributed to accused could have been caused by the weapon used by him during the occurrence. Ahmed Raza Khan Kasuri, Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioners. Muhammad Zaman Bhatti, Advocate Supreme Court and Ch. M. Akram, Advocate-on-Record for the Complainant. Date of hearing; 6th June, 2003. ORDER SH. RIAZ AHMED, C.J.---This order shall dispose of Cr.P.295 of 2001 and Jail Petition 202 of 2001 assailing the legality of judgment, dated 11-10-2001 whereby, a learned Division Bench of the Lahore High Court confirmed the death sentences of Ghulam Hussain son of Abdul Karim and Muhammad Ramzan and altered the sentence of Nazir Ahmed son of Noor Muhammad and Khalid Rashid petitioners to that of life imprisonment each, for the murders of Abdul Hameed, Zulfiqar and Sabir Ali deceased and for causing injuries to Liaqat Ali, Wajid Ali, Ibrahim and Mst. Bilquis. 2. After hearing both the learned counsels for the parties and having gone through the judgments of the Courts below, we have noticed that there is a contradiction between the statements of the eye-witness Bilquis P.W.9 and complainant Siddique P.W.8 qua the role of Ghulam Hussain, inasmuch as, she had categorically deposed that Ghulam…

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