HAQ NAWAZ vs State S — 2022 YLR 721 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2022 YLR 721 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: YLR
Parties: HAQ NAWAZ vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

HAQ NAWAZ VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Medical evidence supported the ocular account---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the complainant by firing---Medical evidence produced by the prosecution in the case also proved that the deceased had received the fatal injury with a firearm weapon on the vital part of the body and he succumbed to the said injury---Medical evidence fully supported the ocular account---Probable time between the death of deceased and the conducting of the post-mortem examination as noted by Medical Officer was about four to five hours, which estimation coincided with the time of occurrence as mentioned by the witnesses---Post-mortem examination of the dead body of deceased had been conducted quite promptly leaving no room for deliberations or fabrication of a story---All the necessary documents were also provided to Medical Officer prior to conduct post-mortem examination of the dead body of deceased---Promptitude in conducting the post mortem examination of the dead body of the deceased established that the matter was reported to the police immediately and spontaneously with regard to the accused---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused beyond the shadow of any doubt, however, due to some mitigating circumstances, death sentence of the accused was altered to imprisonment for life---Appeal was dismissed with said modification in sentence.

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