NAQEEBULLAH vs State Ss — 2021 YLRN 117 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

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NAQEEBULLAH VS State Ss. 302, 204, 201, 187 & 109---Qatl-i-amd, destruction of document, causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender, omission to assist public servant when bound to give assistance, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Interested and related witnesses---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the father of the complainant by firing---Accused alleged that only interested witnesses were produced by the prosecution and the case lacked independent corroboration---Record showed that complainant was the son of the deceased and other eye-witness was the brother of the deceased---Being close relatives of the deceased, the said witnesses were subjected to cross-examination, but nothing advantageous could render to the case of the accused inconsistent---No serious enmity, whatsoever, was alleged against witnesses, besides being real son and brother of the deceased, thus, the question of substitution of the real culprits with that of accused did not arise, which was otherwise a rare phenomena---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused beyond any shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was dismissed accordingly.

NAQEEBULLAH vs State Ss — 2021 YLRN 117 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

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