KHALID MEHMOOD vs State Ss — 2022 MLD 1848 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2022 MLD 1848 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: MLD
Parties: KHALID MEHMOOD vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

KHALID MEHMOOD VS State Ss.302, 324, 337-F(iii) & 449---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, ghayr-jaifah-mutalahimah, house-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction---First Information Report lodged with promptitude---Scope---Accused was charged for intruding into the house of by complainant while armed with a pistol and committed murder of 13 years aged nephew of complainant, during this incident complainant and his bhabi (sister-in-law) also received injuries from the pistol shots fired by accused---Information of crime was imparted to police without any uncalled for delay through the statement complainant at RHC---Such prompt imparting of information of crime to police, in the absence of some exceptional circumstances, excluded the possibility of tampering or fabrication, more importantly when the burden of crime was pointed towards a single accused---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case but due to non-proving of motive part of the occurrence, the sentence was reduced to imprisonment for life---Appeal against conviction was dismissed with modification in sentence.

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