HABIB ULLAH vs State S — 2023 MLD 1961 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2023 MLD 1961 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: MLD
Parties: HABIB ULLAH vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

HABIB ULLAH VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Circumstantial evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of his wife/ sister of the complainant by inflicting hammer blows---Circumstantial evidence included testimony of daughter of both the deceased and accused to the effect that her father had brought a hammer home the day her mother was killed---Medical Officer report also suggested that deceased died due to blows from a hard, heavy and blunt substance---Moreover, only the couple and their little children were home that day---Children witnessed the parents fight at night and saw their mother dead in the morning---No evidence was led at trial to show that in the intervening period, somebody else came into the house and killed the deceased---In any case, it was not denied that deceased was hammered to death, what had been contested was that accused was not the one who had killed her with a hammer---Accused had a case to answer when his wife was found murdered in their bedroom, apart from their little children, being the only persons present in the house---Circumstances established that no reasons were found to interfere with the conviction recorded by the Trial Court---Appeal against conviction was dismissed accordingly.

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