Pakistan Case Law
1994 SCMR 664

Mst. SARWAR JAN vs AYUB and another

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Citation1994 SCMR 664
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Criminal Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 96 of 1993
Date1993-11-28
Judge(s)Nasim Hasan Shah, CJ., Fazal Ilahi Khan and Manzoor Hussain Sial
ResultLeave granted
Summary

This matter arises from a petition for leave to appeal before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, challenging an order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Haripur, on 15-12-1992, which enhanced the sentence imposed upon convicts by the trial court. The core legal question for consideration is whether the revisional order of the Additional Sessions Judge enhancing the sentence was appealable, and consequently, whether jurisdiction under section 561-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 could be invoked to set aside that order. The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal to examine these questions regarding the maintainability of appeals against sentence enhancement and the scope of inherent powers of the High Court under section 561-A.

Questions settled in this judgment
  • Whether an order of the Additional Sessions Judge enhancing a sentence imposed by the trial court is appealable?
  • Can jurisdiction under section 561-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 be invoked to set aside an order passed in revisional jurisdiction enhancing a sentence?
Laws & provisions referred
  • Section 561-A, Code of Criminal Procedure 1898
leave to appealsentence enhancementrevisional jurisdictioninherent jurisdictioncriminal procedure

ORDER

1. MANZOOR HUSSAIN SIAL, J. ---Leave to appeal is granted in this case, to consider whether, the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Haripur, dated 15-12-1992, enhancing the sentence imposed upon the convicts by the trial Court, was appealable, if so whether jurisdiction under section 561-A, Cr.P.C.

2. Could set aside the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, passed in exercise of revisional jurisdiction.

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