IFTIKHAR AHMED alias BADSHAH vs State Ss — 2022 PCrLJ 1160 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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IFTIKHAR AHMED alias BADSHAH VS State Ss. 302(b), 376 & 397---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting a person under the age of fourteen, robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death---Appreciation of evidence---Last seen evidence---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother, his wife, daughter and son of the complainant during dacoity---Bodies of the deceased were recovered less than a day later and the accused was the last person to see the deceased alive---Since the accused was treated as the son of the murdered couple and was very friendly with their son and usually stayed at there flat he had every reason to be with the deceased when he was last seen with them---Place of incident was the place where the accused was last seen with the deceased at his flat where the accused was staying---Timing to when the accused was last seen with the deceased and time of death of the deceased was closed especially as most of the time was during the night when people ordinarily slept---Incident was reported expeditiously---Post-mortems were carried out by an expert and the murder weapon was found blooded at the scene of the crime---Motive for the murder of the deceased was that either they had refused to allow him to marry daughter of deceased couple or after raping that lady the accused needed to get rid of all the eye-witnesses---Such was a fit case of last seen evidence---Van of accused was not only seen whilst he was at the flat but according to tracking records it was in the vicinity of the flat at the time when the murders were committed---Despite being treated as an adopted son of deceased couple and being best friends with deceased son of deceased couple it did not appeal to logic, commonsense or reason as to why the accused did not answer his phone after the incident and did not even attend the funeral of his adopted parents if he had nothing to hide---Again two days prior to the arrest of accused, he was spotted in his van by the police, it did not appeal to logic, commonsense or reason that he would attempt to and indeed did escape from the police who were chasing him, if he was truly innocent---Circumstances established that the prosecution had successfully proved its case---Appeal against conviction was dismissed accordingly.

IFTIKHAR AHMED alias BADSHAH vs State Ss — 2022 PCrLJ 1160 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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