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ABDUL SHAKOOR versus STATE

Section 302 Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Article 185 Record of attempted death sentence does not show that during the period of two years when the victim (the wife of the accused) was living with his parents, the accused did not give any serious and Efforts were made to bring him back to his home through the intervention of the family elders or the village respected suspect did not even contact Union Council, nor did he file a lawsuit for the restoration of marital rights. Nor did he arrange for a jirga to be compromised. The wife (the deceased) had gone to her father-in-law's house only once, and she was not in the mood of reconciliation because the latter's refusal to send the deceased with him in return for warm words and her A few days later, he armed himself with a knife and assaulted his father-in-law, causing six injuries, including two in his stomach and two on his face. Fortunately he survived and in the same transaction he also killed his wife in cold blood. The accused also tried to discredit the deceased by falsely accusing him of attacking his moral character, which was not accepted by the courts below because of good judgments. The accused, under the circumstances, did not deserve any relaxation and was sentenced to death, accordingly the appeal was dismissed. inheritance advocates near Swabi lawyer