KHAISTA MUHAMMAD vs State Ss — 2021 PCrLJ 1323 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2021 PCrLJ 1323 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2021
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: KHAISTA MUHAMMAD vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 15---Q; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arms Act (XXIII of 2013)

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Judgment text as reported

KHAISTA MUHAMMAD VS State Ss. 302(b) & 109---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arms Act (XXIII of 2013), S. 15---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, possessing unlicensed weapon---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Accused was charged for committing murder of his daughter/complainant by firing---Record showed that deceased was real daughter of the accused and the motive stated by accused in his confessional statement was of such a nature that the accused might have felt himself compelled due to existing norms in the society to commit the offence---Besides, minor weaknesses in the evidence of prosecution might not be taken as a justification for the outright acquittal of the accused, but such weaknesses might be considered for reduction of the sentence---Accused was a person of 68 years of age at the time of commission of the offence---All such circumstances were taken as sufficient justification for reduction of the sentence from normal penalty of death to life imprisonment---Appeal was partially allowed to the extent that the sentence of death awarded to the accused was reduced to life imprisonment.

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