FATEH KHAN vs State Ss — 2021 PCrLJ 969 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2021 PCrLJ 969 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2021
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: FATEH KHAN vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

FATEH KHAN VS State Ss. 302, 324, 147 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, rioting, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Contradictions in the statement of witnesses---Scope---Accused were charged for making indiscriminate firing upon sons and grandson of complainant, due to which, they were seriously injured but his one son succumbed to the injuries---In the present case, defence objected that the statements of prosecution witnesses was contradictory to each other on material point---Said version of defence had no force---Record showed that the statements of witnesses were recorded by the Trial Court in considerable lapse of time---Variation might be due to lapse of memory or confusion caused in the mind of witness by lengthy cross-examination---Mere discrepancies or minor contradictions did not lead to the result that the ocular witnesses had lost credibility---Statements of injured witnesses could not be brushed aside merely on the ground of some minor contradictions, which did creep in with the passage of time---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved the charges against the accused persons beyond any shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was dismissed accordingly.

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