Pakistan Case Law
1990 SCMR 1283

MUHAMMAD ANWAR vs THE STATE

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Citation1990 SCMR 1283
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Jail Petition No,59-R of 1989
Date1990-01-15
Judge(s)Saad Saood Jan and Abdul Shakurul Salam
Authored byAbdul Shakurul Salam
ResultPetition dismissed
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This petition for leave to appeal arose from criminal proceedings where Muhammad Anwar challenged a lower court decision before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The core legal question concerned the sustainability of the petitioner's conviction or sentence as determined by the lower forums. The Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed the petition, thereby upholding the impugned judgment. The key principle governing the matter relates to the exercise of the apex court's discretionary jurisdiction under appellate review where no substantial question of law or miscarriage of justice is made out to warrant interference with concurrent findings or lower court orders.

Questions settled in this judgment
  • Whether the Supreme Court will interfere with concurrent findings of lower courts when no substantial question of law is made out?
criminal petitionsupreme court appealdismissal of petition

ORDER

1. OF THE BENCH ' The petition is dismissed.

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