MUHAMMAD ASHRAF vs State Ss — 2021 SCMR 758 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2021 SCMR 758 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2021
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: MUHAMMAD ASHRAF vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD ASHRAF VS State Ss. 302(b) & 449---Qatl-i-amd, house-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death---Reappraisal of evidence---Witnesses who furnished the ocular account were all related to the deceased and were residents of the locality---Said witnesses unanimously pointed their fingers upon the accused---Hypothesis of a mistaken identity in the month of June during early dawn was beside the mark---Given the location of police station at a distance of 30/32 kilometers from the place of occurrence in an area with primitive means of communication, the delay in reporting the matter to the police could not be viewed with suspicion---Statements of witnesses were in unison with each other, and confirmed an ongoing dispute between the deceased and one of the absconding co-accused---Witnesses being inmates of the premises, themselves had no axe to grind against the accused nor were expected to swap the actual offender with an innocent person, as there was nothing on the record to even obliquely entertain any theory of substitution---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed and convictions and sentences recorded against the accused under Ss. 302 & 449, P.P.C. were maintained.

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