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| 2025 SLG 1696 2025 SLD 1696 = 2024 LHC 6125 = 2025 YLR 1681 |
Criminal Revision No. 32182 of 2024./Criminal Appeal No. 26878 of 2024.
MUHAMMAD AMJAD RAFIQ, J
Date of hearing 19.12.2024 Appellants represented by Rai Usman Ahmad & Ms. Ruqia Ramzan, Advocates. State represented by Ms. Noshe Malik, Deputy Prosecutor General. Complainant represented by Mr. Nadeem Nawaz Khan Wardag, Advocate.
(Muhammad Ammar Shafi & 02 others
VS
The State & another)/(Wajid Hussain Vs Muhammad Ammar Shafi & 03 others)/
Law: Pakistan Penal Code, 1860
Section: 302, 34, 316, 337-F(i), 420, 468, 471
Law: Criminal Procedure Code (V of 1898)
Section: 173, 342, 340(2)
Law: Juvenile Justice System Act, 2018
Section: 12(2)
Law: Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984
Section: 59, 71, 139
Law: Punjab Safe Cities Authority Act, 2016
Section: 4(2)(g), 4(2)(k), 14(2), 19
Law: Punjab Safe Cities Authority Electronic Data Regulations, 2016
Section:
Summary of the Judgment:Doubtful Homicide
Three accused/appellants — Muhammad Ammar Shafi, Mateen Bilal, and Muhammad Burhan — were convicted by the trial court under Section 316 read with Section 34 PPC in FIR No. 311/2018, concerning the alleged beating and death of Rashid Ali in Lahore. They were sentenced to five years' imprisonment each and ordered to jointly pay Diyat of approximately Rs. 1.93 million.
The Lahore High Court thoroughly reviewed the trial record and acquitted the accused, citing:
Major contradictions and delays in the FIR and police proceedings.