Law: Penal Code (XLV of 1860)

Section: 302(b),324,109,34

(a)    Penal Code (XLV of 1860)-------Ss. 302(b), 324, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Delay of one hour and forty five minutes in lodging FIR---Not consequential---Accused were charged for committing murder of the uncle of complainant by firing---Record transpired that the alleged incident took place on 25.04.2016 at 5:30 p.m. and the FIR had been lodged by the complainant at about 7:15 p.m. whereas the deceased was brought to DHQ Hospital at 8:00 p.m.---In the FIR not only the accused was nominated, but role of firing had been attributed to him---Prompt recourse to law straight at the police station minimizes any possibility of deliberation or consultation---Circumstances established that the prosecution successfully brought home the charge against the accused beyond any shadow of doubt---Appeal was accordingly dismissed.Nasir Iqbal alias Nasra and another v. The State 2016 SCMR 2152 rel.(b)    Penal Code (XLV of 1860)-------Ss. 302(b), 324, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Medical evidence supporting the ocular account---Accused were charged for committing murder of the uncle of complainant by firing---Record showed that medical evidence fully supported the ocular account about the kind of weapons used during the occurrence and the time of incident as narrated by the eye-witnesses, fully tallied with the medical evidence---Circumstances established that the prosecution successfully brought home the charge against the accused beyond any shadow of doubt---Appeal was accordingly dismissed.Noor Zaman v. The State 2022 SCMR 1002 rel.(c)    Penal Code (XLV of 1860)-------Ss. 302(b), 324, 109 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, abetment, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Interested witnesses, evidence of---Reliance---Accused were charged for committing murder of the uncle of complainant by firing---Allegedly, only interested witnesses who were relatives of deceased were produced by the prosecution---Mere relationship of…