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 in---Recovery of weapon of offence and crime empties---Reliance---Scope---Accused was charged for intruding into the house of complainant while armed with a pistol and committed murder of 13 years aged nephew of complainant, during the incident complainant and his bhabi (sister-in-law) also received injuries from the pistol shots fired by accused---Record showed that pistol was recovered from the accused and its subsequent matching by Forensic Science Agency through its report with three crime empty shells of .30 bore secured from the crime scene corroborated the version of injured eyewitness---Recovery of pistol was affected in proceedings conducted under the supervision of Police Official---Ten days prior to the recovery of pistol, the crime empties secured from the spot had reached Forensic Science Agency thus there was not even a remote possibility of some tampering---Positive report of Forensic Science Agency was sufficient to provide strong corroboration to the case of prosecution and was helpful to place explicit reliance upon the evidence of injured eyewitness---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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