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JAFAR vs State Ss — 2022 PCrLJ 891 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2022 PCrLJ 891 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2022
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
JAFAR vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

JAFAR VS State Ss. 302, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Ocular account and medical evidence---Contradictions---Prosecution case was that the accused party made firing upon complainant party, due to which three persons died---Record showed that in the site plan one of the deceased received fire shot injuries from a distance of 05 karams; other deceased received firearm injuries from a distance of 06 karams; another deceased received fire shots from a distance of 8 karams, yet the medical evidence belied the prosecution version---Senior Medical Officer, who had conducted the post-mortem examination on the dead body of the deceased persons, while appearing as witness noted blackening on the injuries sustained by the deceased persons---Blackening occurred when a shot was fired from a distance of 6 to 12 inches and vanished if the distance was more than three feet---Medical evidence being in direct conflict with the ocular evidence, it was also not safe to rely on the statements of the eye-witnesses, in circumstances---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the accused persons beyond any shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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