Law:

Section: Ss. 302, 324, 427, 148 & 149--Conviction and sentence

Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860)--

----Ss. 302, 324, 427, 148 & 149--Conviction and sentence--Challenge to--Number of casualties--Question of--Whether number of accused was exaggerated or that all accused were equally responsible for tragic incident--Determination--Neither number of casualties should influence mind of Court nor number of accused, rather Courts of law are under bounden duty to look into matter, to consider collected material and to appreciate evidence on file, without having been swayed by number of casualties and by number of accused charged, as in that eventuality, there would always and always be an apprehension of miscarriage of justice, in which luxury Courts of law should not indulge.                                                                                        [Para 6] A

2014 SCMR 749 ref.