Case Details

Citation(s)
2023 SLG 582 2023 SLD 582 2023 SCMR 723
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Jail Petition No. 883 of 2017 and Criminal Petition No. 1793-L of 2017, decision Dated: 7th February, 2023. (On appeal against the judgment Dated 23.10.2017 passed by the Lahore High Court, Lahore in Criminal Appeals Nos. 1273 and 1125 of 2013, Criminal R
SAYYED MAZAHAR ALI AKBAR NAQVI, JAMAL KHAN MANDOKHAIL AND ATHAR MINALLAH, JJ
Rana Ghulam Sarwar, Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioner (in J.P. 883 of 2017). Shahid Tabbassum, Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioner (in Criminal Petition 1793-L of 2017 through video link from Lahore).

AMAN ULLAH and another

VS

The STATE and others

Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

Section: 302(b),324,337-D

(a) Penal Code (XLV of 1860)--- ----Ss. 302(b), 324, 337-D---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, jaifah---Reappraisal of evidence---Incident took place at 10:30 a.m.---Deceased and injured witness were firstly taken to DHQ Hospital where the matter was reported to the Police---First Information Report was lodged on the same day at 1:45 p.m.---Distance between the place of occurrence and the Police Station was 32 kilometers whereas as per the record the place of occurrence was one hour away from the DHQ Hospital---Thus, it can be said that FIR was lodged with promptitude---Promptness of FIR showed truthfulness of the prosecution case and it excluded possibility of deliberation and consultation---Occurrence took place in broad daylight and the parties were known to each other, therefore, there was no chance of misidentification---Ocular account in the case had been furnished by the complainant, who lived in the adjacent house; an inmate of the same house; and an resident of the same locality---Therefore, presence of said witnesses at the place of occurrence was natural---Prosecution witnesses were subjected to lengthy cross-examination by the defence but nothing favourable to the accused or adverse to the prosecution could be brought on record---Witnesses had given all necessary details of occurrence qua the date, time, place, name of accused, name of witnesses, manner of occurrence, kind of weapon used in the occurrence, the locale of injuries and the motive of occurrence---Injured witness sustained injuries during the occurrence, which had fully been supported by the medical evidence---Medical evidence available on the record further corroborated the ocular account so far as the nature, time, locale and impact of the injury on the person of the deceased and injured was concerned---Counsel for the accused could not point out any plausible reason as to why the complainant would falsely involve the accused in the present case and let off the real culprit, who had committed murder of his real brother---Substitution in such like cases was a rare phenomenon---Weapon of offence recovered at the instance of the accused and the crime empties collected from the…
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