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| 2025 SLG 1569 2025 SLD 1569 = 2025 LHC 4352 = 2025 PCRLJ 1675 |
Lahore High Court
Crl. Appeal No.78438 of 2022
Farooq Haider, J
Date of hearing: 20.06.2025 Appellants by: Mr. Zafar Iqbal Mangan, Advocate. State by: Mr. Nisar Ahmad Virk, Deputy Prosecutor General. Complainant by: Mr. Mehram Ali Bali, Advocate along with Mr. Fatehyab Khan, Advocate.
Crl. Appeal No.78438 of 2022
Farooq Haider, J
Date of hearing: 20.06.2025 Appellants by: Mr. Zafar Iqbal Mangan, Advocate. State by: Mr. Nisar Ahmad Virk, Deputy Prosecutor General. Complainant by: Mr. Mehram Ali Bali, Advocate along with Mr. Fatehyab Khan, Advocate.
Ali Hassan and three others
VERSUS
The State and another JUDGMENT
Law: Pakistan Penal Code (PPC),1860
Section: 302(c), 452, 148, 149
Law: Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1898
Section: 544-A, 342, 340(2), 173, 154, 382-B, 129(g)
SUMMARY: Murder Acquittal
This case concerns a criminal appeal by Asad Nazar (appellant) against his conviction in a murder case (FIR No. 1148/2019 under Sections 302, 452, 148, 149 PPC, etc.). The trial court had sentenced him along with others, but on appeal, the High Court acquitted the appellant due to lack of credible and corroborated evidence. The court observed that: