MUHAMMAD AHMAD alias BAGGI vs State Ss — 2022 YLRN 19 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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MUHAMMAD AHMAD alias BAGGI VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Abscondence of the accused for more than five months---Effect---Accused were charged for committing murder of the brother-in-law of the complainant---Accused was arrested during the investigation of the case on 18.11.2015,whereas the occurrence had taken place on 07.06.2015 as proof of his guilt---Fact of abscondence of an accused could be used as a corroborative piece of evidence, which could not be read in isolation but it had to be read along with substantive piece of evidence---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the accused beyond any reasonable doubt---Appeal was allowed and accused were acquitted by setting aside convictions and sentences recorded by the Trial Court.

MUHAMMAD AHMAD alias BAGGI vs State Ss — 2022 YLRN 19 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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