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Wonders never cease in Hyderabad. About two months and a half after the passing of Judgment by Mr. Ahmed Raza Khan in the City murder case, and a mouth and 25 days after the decision of a Divisional Bench of the High Court on it, His Excellency Sir Asmanjah Bahadur has issued a resolution about it. The resolution is a lengthy one, and it pitches into Ahmed Raza Khan and the police and protests too much in the same breath-and betrays, fortunately or unfortunately, its forced tone. It winds up with the following orders:—
(1.) The order of the Divisional Bench sentencing Abdool Husain to imprisonment for life, is confirmed.
(2.) His Excellency desires to record his grave displeasure at the procedure adopted both by the city and suburban police and by Hafiz Syed Alimed Raza Khan Sahil, which prevented all the facts of the case being brought to light and led to circumstances much to be regretted.
(3.) With regard to Abdul Rahman, H, E. the Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 13 of the High Court Rules, directs that the Full Bench of the High Court should consider the points above raised and direct the Government Pleader to re-open the case against him.
(4.) The Kotwal should be directed to do his utmost to collect such further information as will complete the links in the chain of evidence. The High Court should then be moved to re-open the case against Abdul Wahid, admit the further evidence that may be forthcoming and decide on the merits of the case so as to give a clear decision as to his innocence or guilt. In the meanwhile Abdul Wahid should be rearrested unless lie can furnish bail to the extent of Rs. 10,000.
There is no doubt that this resolution is due to the wide-felt sympathy—secured for Sadulla by the circumstances amidst which and the manner in which "Mumtiaz" met her death—which found expression recently in a laudable attempt to get the case retried by a British Magistrate.
