I. Supreme Court of Pakistan
1. Muhammad Noor v. Member Board of Revenue; PLD 1985 SC 335
In this case the petitioner had been tried and convicted under Section 302 of the PPC for murder. The Deputy Commissioner presiding over the Criminal Tribunal constituted under Criminal Law (Special Provisions) Ordinance II had sentenced him to 14 years rigorous imprisonment. The petitioner appealed this before the Commissioner Makran Division who was also hearing the confirmation reference for the aforesaid conviction. Commissioner accepted the reference and dismissed the said appeal. The petitioner then filed a revision petition before Member Board of Revenue, which was also dismissed at which time Mr. Noor moved the High Court through a Constitutional Petition taking the ground that his case was triable under Sections 15 and 17(4) of the Offence against Property (Enforcement of Hadd) Ordinance 1979 as Harabba and not under the aforesaid Criminal Law Ordinance II. It is pertinent to mention here that the police had submitted another challan under the aforesaid Property (Enforcement of Hadd) Ordinance and Section 393 of the PPC. Held that Section 403 of the Criminal Procedure Code 1898 (“Cr.PC”) and Section 26 of the GCA provide that “if an act or omission constitutes offence/offences under two or more enactments, then the offender though can be prosecuted under either or any of those enactments, but cannot be punished twice for the same offence.“ (See third last paragraph on Page 340).
