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JABAR ALI vs State S — 2021 SCMR 1902 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2021 SCMR 1902 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2021
Reporter
SCMR
Parties
JABAR ALI vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

JABAR ALI VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Reappraisal of evidence---Accused, the deceased and the witnesses, related to one another, were present inside a house during a wedding function; the invitees included a number of females, and it is in this backdrop that accused's presence amongst the ladies was objected to by the deceased---Shortly thereafter the accused targeted the deceased in front of the house where the function was taking place, a point vividly depicted in the unrebutted site plan---Graphic details of the incident furnished by both the witnesses were found to be straightforward and confidence inspiring---Considerable distance between the venue and the respective abodes of the witnesses, highlighted in the cross-examination, given the wedding occasion, satisfactorily explained their presence at the scene---Both the witnesses comfortably withstood an otherwise inconsequential cross-examination---Durations recorded by the medical officer were consistent with the prosecution case and so were confirmatory the forensic report as well as recovery of weapon---Defence plea that the deceased was done to death by unknown assailants in a dacoity was a position belatedly introduced for the first time during the trial---Formidable prosecution evidence singularly pointed towards accused's culpability, and did not admit any space to entertain such hypothesis of dacoity in the absence of any foundational basis---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed, leave was declined, and conviction and sentence recorded against the accused were maintained.

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