Case Details

Citation(s)
2011 SLG 6716 2011 SLD 6716 2011 PCRLJ 1903
Lahore High Court
Criminal Appeal No. 138 and Murder Reference No. 285 of 2006, heard on 15th February, 2011.Date of hearing: 15th February, 2011.
Before Shahid Hameed Dar and Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan, JJ
Prince Rehan Iftikhar Sheikh for Appellant. Qazi Sadar ud Din Alvi for the Complainant. Munir Ahmad Sial, D.P.-G. along with Sultan Mahmood, S.-I. for the State.

GHULAM ABBAS alias BADSHAH---Appellant

VS

THE STATE---Respondent

Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

Section: 302(b)

Penal Code (XLV of 1860)--- ----S. 302(b)---Qatl-e-amd---Appreciation of evidence---F.I.R. in the case was lodged with reasonable promptitude and such promptly lodged F.I.R. would exclude the chance of deliberations and consultations---Name of accused, manner of occurrence, seat of injury, the weapon used during the occurrence and prosecution witnesses were mentioned by the complainant in the F.I.R.---Prosecution had proved the motive part of its story---Both eye-witnesses were cross-examined by the defence, but their evidence was not shaken in any manner---Said eye-witnesses had given a detailed account of events leading to the murder of the deceased and they were unanimous on all material points---No contradiction or any improvement existed in evidence---Occurrence though had taken place at night, but prosecution witnesses identified accused in the light of electric bulb---Electric bulb available on the place of occurrence though was not taken into possession by the Police during investigation, but it would not adversely affect the prosecution case---One of the prosecution witnesses though was real brother of the deceased and other was maternal nephew of the deceased, but their relationship with the deceased was not a valid ground for excluding their testimony from consideration as both said witnesses were not inimical towards accused and they had no reason to falsely implicate accused in the case---Eye-witnesses were the natural witnesses whose presence at the time of occurrence was well explained---No enmity of the deceased with accused had been suggested---Case being of single accused, substitution of accused in such situation was a rare phenomenon---Complainant, who was real brother of the deceased, would not let off the real culprit in order to falsely implicate accused in absence of any enmity---Medical evidence was in conformity with the eye-witness account and had provided necessary corroboration thereto---Factum of recovery of weapon of offence stood conclusively proved---Prosecution, in circumstances, had proved its case against accused beyond reasonable doubt through motive, credible ocular account, corroborative medical evidence and evidence of…
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