Law:

Section: 302,119,109,34

(a) Penal Code (XLV of 1860)--- ----Ss.302, 119, 109 & 34---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), S.7---Sindh Arms Act (V of 2013), S. 23(1)(a)---Qatl-i-amd, public servant concealing design to commit offence, abetment, common intention, act of terrorism---Appreciation of evidence---First Information Report containing no description of accused---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---Significantly, the FIR was against unknown persons without any description of those persons being given in the FIR---Circumstances established that the prosecution had not proved its case against the accused beyond shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed accordingly. (b) Penal Code (XLV of 1860)--- ----Ss.302, 119, 109 & 34---Anti-Terrorism Act (XXVII of 1997), S.7---Sindh Arms Act (V of 2013), S. 23(1)(a)---Qatl-i-amd, public servant concealing design to commit offence, abetment, common intention, act of terrorism---Appreciation of evidence---Night time occurrence---Source of light not proved---Chance witness---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---Prosecution's case rested almost exclusively on the evidence of the sole eye-witness to the incident and his ability to correctly identify the accused who allegedly came on a motor bike along with others and fired on the deceased---According to the evidence of that witness, he was working at a printing press at the time of the incident but at the time of giving evidence he gave his occupation as a rickshaw driver which tended to cast doubt on what the actual job of the witness was and whether in fact he was a chance or planted witness---According to his evidence, he witnessed the incident from a gali at 11:45 pm at night when it was dark---No evidence was available on record that there was any source of light at that time and it was unclear how far away he was from the firing which would only have gone on for a brief moment and under chaotic circumstances---Under such circumstances, it was doubtful that even if the witness was present he would have been able to correctly identify the accused of whom he would…

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