MUHAMMAD SALEEM vs State Ss — 2021 MLD 307 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2021 MLD 307 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2021
Reporter: MLD
Parties: MUHAMMAD SALEEM vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD SALEEM VS State Ss.302 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Appeal against acquittal---Accused were charged for committing murder of the grandson of complainant---Record revealed that it was a blind murder and there was no eye-witness of the occurrence---Complainant had deposed that they were in search of the deceased when his son informed him that the dead body of the deceased was lying on the place of occurrence---Complainant thus rushed to the spot and upon arrival of the police made report---Son of the complainant, however, never informed the police about the presence of dead body of the deceased at the spot, rather he rushed towards the complainant and informed him about the presence of dead body of the deceased at the spot---Accused were charged by the complainant through his supplementary statement, wherein the complainant neither mentioned any source of his satisfaction regarding involvement of the accused persons in the commission of offence nor any motive could be put forth, which resulted in the commission of murder of the deceased by the accused---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to build up a chain of circumstances to prima facie connect the accused with the commission of alleged offence---Appeal against acquittal was dismissed, in circumstances.

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