MUHAMMAD NOMAN vs State Ss — 2022 PCrLJN 95 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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MUHAMMAD NOMAN VS State Ss. 302(b), 392, 344 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, robbery, wrongful confinement for ten or more days, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Unnatural conduct of complainant---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of the father of complainant and then robbing different articles from his house---Complainant testified that when he discovered his father's body, there was blood flowing from his forehead---Memo of inspection of the dead body showed that the deceased was bleeding from the back of his head, however, it was found unnatural behaviour that even though the death of the deceased was a total surprise to the complainant, he made no effort to un-tape the deceased's mouth or to untie his hands and legs until the police arrived---Bed-sheet on which blood was said to have seeped was not seized by the police and instead a piece of it was torn out---Admittedly case property was tampered with before seizure---Circumstances established that it would be unsafe to sustain a conviction on the basis of the evidence produced at trial---Appeals against conviction were allowed, in circumstances.

MUHAMMAD NOMAN vs State Ss — 2022 PCrLJN 95 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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