PAK LAW GPT — Pakistan Case Law AI justice scale emblemPAK LAW GPTCase law · Urdu & English

GHULAM ABBAS vs State Ss — 2021 SCMR 1474 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2021 SCMR 1474 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2021
Reporter
SCMR
Parties
GHULAM ABBAS vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 302

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Judgment text as reported

GHULAM ABBAS VS State Ss. 302(b) & 201---Qatl-i-amd, causing disappearance of evidence of offence---Reappraisal of evidence---Accused, who was employed by the co-accused as security guard at his restaurant, was alleged to have shot the deceased, a supervisor at the restaurant---Trial Court convicted the accused under S. 302(b), P.P.C. and sentenced him to imprisonment for life, whereas the co-accused was convicted under S 201, P.P.C. for taking the weapon away from scene of occurrence and sentenced to 5-years rigorous imprisonment---High Court maintained the convictions and sentences of both accused and co-accused---Validity---Occurrence took place in broad daylight wherein accused was apprehended at the spot; he was employed by co-accused as a guard, who had obviously provided him the weapon that he used, without provocation upon the deceased, who was a worker, earning livelihood for his family---Ocular account was furnished by witnesses with unanimity, and they faced lengthy cross-examination comfortably---Accused had already been shown leniency by the Trial Court in the matter of sentence---Assistance provided to the deceased in his injured condition by co-accused did not absolve him from his responsibility to assist the law, however, at the most it could be viewed as a mitigation to settle quantum of the sentence---Having regard to the totality of circumstances, sentence of 5-years imposed on co-accused was reduced to 3-years rigorous imprisonment, while life sentence imposed on accused was maintained---Petitions for leave to appeal were disposed of.

Other judgments reported in 2021 SCMR

Back to the case-law library · Search Pakistani case law in Urdu or English