Case Details

Citation(s)
1982 SLG 837 1982 SLD 837 1982 PLD 539
Lahore High Court
Criminal Appeal No. 1194 and Murder Reference No. 308 of 1979, decided on 22nd March, 1982. DATE of hearing : 21st and 22nd March, 1982
MUHAMMAD ILYAS AND SARDAR MUHAMMAD, JJ
Muhammad Zafarullah Cheery for Appellant. Ch. Muhammad Yasin for
Respondent

LIAQAT ALIer

VS

THE STATE--Respondent

Law:

Section:

(a) Penal Code (XLV of 1860)-- 5. 302-[Murder-case]-Appreciation of evidence-Eye-witnesses related both to accused and deceased-Relationship of witnesses with deceased-No ground for discarding their testimony in circumstances­ Eye-witnesses not shown to have any enmity with accused appellant­ Plea regarding refusal by accused to give their sister in marriage to one of eye-witnesses neither substantiated by any evidence nor such a question put in cross-examination to witness-Recovery memos. duly proved and in spite of lengthy cross-examination nothing brought out against witness-Recovery of crime churri-Cannot be overlooked merely for reason of being produced by accused himself-Existence of bad blood between parties and motive for crime fully proved-Crime article proved to b,: stained with human blood-Medical evidence in tune with ocular testimony-Injuries attributed to appellant caused on abdomen of deceased gone very deep and caused extensive damage ­Place of injury being a vital part of body and accused having shouted before causing injuries that deceased would not be spared, intention on part of accused to kill deceased inferred-No evidence to show deceased having been killed by some other persons-Murder being premeditated and committed in broad daylight, appellant, held, rightly sentenced to death.-[Evidence-Witness]. Nawab and 3 others v. State P L D 1965 S C 522 ref: (b) Evidence Net (I of 1872) --- --- S. 45--Medical expert, opinion of-Value--Proper assistance not rendered by medical expert due to. inexperience, inefficiency, or any other reason-Court not precluded from drawing proper conclusion from material available -on record-Holding otherwise amounts to conceding authority of medical expert to decide fate ,of case-Doctor not giving complete picture of matter and even not spelling out nature of injuries as generally done-Doctor not stating certain injuries to have been sufficient to cause death-Such injuries having been caused on abdomen, a vital part of body having gone very deep and done extensive damage, accused could safely be presumed to have caused injuries with intention to kill his victim-Omission to state such injuries being sufficient in…
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