JOHAR ALI vs State Witness — 2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2022 PCrLJ 1177 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: JOHAR ALI vs State Witness
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

JOHAR ALI VS State Witness---Chance witness---Scope---For conviction of an accused person it would be highly unsafe to rely upon testimony of a chance witness when remained uncorroborated---For conviction of accused on capital charge on the basis of testimony of chance witness, the court had to be at guard and corroboration had to be sought for relying upon such evidence. Head NotesCase Description

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