MUHAMMAD RAHEEL vs State S — 2023 PCrLJ 1752 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2023 PCrLJ 1752 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: MUHAMMAD RAHEEL vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 302; S. 154

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD RAHEEL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Delay of five hours and forty minutes in lodging the FIR---Effect---Accused was charged for committing murder of his wife/sister of complainant by inflicting knife blows---Record showed that the incident took place at about 2.00 p.m.---Complainant was informed about the incident whilst he was at work and he reached home at about 4.15 p.m. after the dead body of his sister had been transported from his house to the hospital---Complainant recorded his statement under S. 154, Cr.P.C. at 7.40 p.m., which became the FIR---Due to the trauma and tension which the complainant was under after finding out that his sister who was living with him had been brutally murdered and that his aged blind mother had been pushed to the floor where she became unconscious---Facts remained that the delay in lodging the FIR had been explained and as such the delay in lodging the FIR was not fatal to the prosecution case based on the particular facts and circumstances of the case---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused beyond a reasonable doubt---Appeal against conviction was dismissed accordingly.

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