Haji DOST MUHAMMAD NOONARI vs Mir AHMED NOONARI Double presumption of innocence — 2022 YLR 156 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2022 YLR 156 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Haji DOST MUHAMMAD NOONARI vs Mir AHMED NOONARI Double presumption of innocence
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Haji DOST MUHAMMAD NOONARI VS Mir AHMED NOONARI Double presumption of innocence---Interference---Scope---accused was presumed to be innocent and if after trial, he was acquitted, he earned double presumption of innocence---acquittal judgment or order normally did not call for any interference unless it was found arbitrary, capricious, fanciful, artificial, shocking and ridiculous and while evaluating the evidence, difference was to be maintained in an appeal from conviction and an acquittal appeal---In the letter case, the interference was to be made only when there was non-reading and gross misreading of the evidence, resulting the miscarriage of justice and on perusal of the evidence no other decision could be given except that the accused was guilty.

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