HAMEED KHAN vs State Ss — 2022 PCrLJ 1291 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2022 PCrLJ 1291 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: HAMEED KHAN vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 439---Q; S. 299; Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898); Penal Code; Criminal Procedure Code

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Judgment text as reported

HAMEED KHAN VS State Ss. 302, 311, 338-C & 299(ee) [as amended under Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences in the name or pretext of Honour) Act (XLIII of 2016)]---Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898), S. 439---Qatl-i-amd, Isqat-i-Janin and Fasad-fil-Arz---Compounding of offence---Accused murdered his real mother in the name of honour---Before initiation of trial accused sought his acquittal on the basis of compromise---Trial Court declined to compound the offence---Validity---Fasad-fil-Arz was a serious form of crime, which was defined under S. 299(ee), P.P.C., which included offences committed in the name or on the pretext of honour---Object to amend Penal Code, 1860, and Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, through Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences in the name or pretext of honour) Act, 2016, was to deter and prevent offences in the name or pretext of honour---Convict in honour killing cases was to face life imprisonment even if legal heirs of victim arrived at compromise with the convict and had pardoned him---High Court in exercise of revisional jurisdiction declined to interfere in the order passed by Trial Court as there was no illegality or irregularity in refusing compounding of offence---Revision was dismissed, in circumstances. Head NotesCase Description

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