Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

Section: 302(b),354,355

Law: Anti Terrorism Act, 1997

Section: 302(6,7

(a) Penal Code (XLV of 1860)--- ----Ss. 302(b), 354 & 355---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), Ss. 6 & 7---Qatl-i-amd, assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person otherwise than on grave provocation, acts of terrorism---Appreciation of evidence---Accused was charged for throwing acid at the face of daughter of the complainant, due to which the face, right eye and other parts of her body were burnt and she died---Motive behind the occurrence was that the accused demanded hand of victim and on refusal, he committed the offence---Eye-witnesses have sufficiently explained the date, time and place of occurrence as well as each and every event of the occurrence in clear-cut manner---Parties were known to each other as was evident from their evidence and that was a day time incident, so there was no chance of mistaken identity of the accused---No substance has been brought on record by the accused to justify his false implication in the case at the hands of the complainant party on account of the previous enmity---Ocular evidence was corroborated by medical evidence and with statement of deceased recorded by the police as well as journalist---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused beyond any shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was dismissed accordingly. Zain-ul-Abideen v. Additional Session Judge and 7 others 2020 PCr.LJ Note 19; Saeed Akhtar and others v. The State 2000 SCMR 383; Namoos Khan and another v. The State 2017 PCr.LJ 34; Behram v. The State 2015 YLR 150 and Niaz-ud-Din and another v. The State 2011 SCMR 725 ref. Lal Khan v. State 2006 SCMR 1846; Farooq Khan v. The State 2008 SCMR 917; Nazir v. The State PLD 1962 SC 269; Sheruddin v. Allhaj Rakhio 1989 SCMR 1461 and Zulfiqar Ahmed and another v. State 2011 SCMR 492 rel. (b) Criminal trial--- ----Witness--- Interested witness---Reliance---Scope---Interested witness is not the one who is relative or friend but is the one who has a motive to falsely implicate an accused. (c) Criminal trial--- ----Witness---Related witness---Scope---Mere relationship of the eye-witness…

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