Case Details

Citation(s)
2014 SLG 2536 2014 SLD 2536 2014 YLR 1102
Lahore High Court
Criminal Appeals Nos. 310-J and 311-J of 2007, and MurderReference No. 14 of 2008, heard on 28th May, 2013
MANZOOR AHMAD MALIK AND MALIK SHAHZAD AHMAD KHAN, JJ
Haider Rasool Mirza for Appellants. Mirza Abid Majeed, D.P.G. for the State. Muhammad Afzal Shad for the Complainant

MUHAMMAD SHEHZAD alias SAHIBA and anothervsTHE STATE

Law:

Section:

(a) Penal Code (XLV of 1860)--- ----Ss. 302(b), 324 & 34---Qatl-e-amd, attempt to commit qatl-e-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Accused were not named in the F.I.R.---Sufficient description of the unknown accused persons who committed the offence were neither mentioned in the F.I.R. nor in the supplementary statement of the complainant---No role whatsoever during the occurrence was attributed to accused persons by the eye-witnesses which was serious defect in the prosecution case---Eye-witnesses were not residents of the village where occurrence had taken place, but were residents of different village; both were chance witnesses---Star witness of the prosecution, who was injured during the occurrence, did not identify accused persons during identification parades--- Identification parade of accused persons was held 12 days after occurrence---Identification of accused persons through identification parade by witnesses, was not worthy of reliance, in circumstances---Intrinsic value of the evidence of an injured eye-witness was to be seen, and mere injuries on the person of a witness, did not mean that he was telling the whole truth---Witnesses who identified accused persons had brought accused persons to the place of occurrence on a motorcycle---Said witnesses did not nominate accused persons in their statements recorded by the Police and did not take part in the proceedings of identification parade---Accused persons being completely strangers to said witnesses, their identification in the court by said witnesses, was of no avail to prosecution---Evidence of Foot Tracker was a weak type of evidence---Story regarding snatching of cash amount and mobile phones by accused persons was introduced by the complainant through his supplementary statement---No denomination or any specific identification mark on the currency notes, or on the mobile phones which were allegedly looted during the occurrence, were mentioned in the supplementary statement---Alleged recoveries of mobile phone and cash amount from the possession of accused persons, was of no avail to the prosecution, in circumstances---Empties were sent to the office of…
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