ALI RAZA vs State Ss — 2022 PCrLJN 21 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

ALI RAZA VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Motive behind the occurrence was that co-accused had strong suspicion that deceased had illicit intimacy with his wife, due to that grudge, accused with their common intention committed the offence---In the present case, the complainant, while appearing in the witness box before the Trial Court, stated that his complaint was recorded by the police which bore his thumb impression, however, during cross-examination, complainant destructively stated that he had marked his thumb impression on a blank paper---Said portion of the cross-examination of complainant had utterly swiped away the credibility of the story introduced by the prosecution in FIR---Circumstances established that the prosecution case was not free from doubt, benefit of which would resolve in favour of accused---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

ALI RAZA vs State Ss — 2022 PCrLJN 21 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Judgment text as reported