TAWEEZ KHAN vs State Conviction — 2023 PCrLJ 1792 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2023 PCrLJ 1792 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: TAWEEZ KHAN vs State Conviction
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

TAWEEZ KHAN VS State Conviction---Conjectures and probabilities---Not the substitute of proof---In criminal cases finding of guilt against an accused person cannot be based merely on the high probabilities that may be inferred from evidence in a given case---Finding as regard the guilt of accused should be rested surely and firmly on the evidence produced in the case and the plain inference of guilt that may irresistibly be drawn from that evidence---Mere conjectures and probabilities cannot take the place of proof---If a case is decided merely on high probabilities regarding the existence or non-existence of a fact to prove the guilt of a person, the golden rule of giving "benefit of doubt" to an accused person, which has been a dominant feature of the administration of criminal justice will be reduced to a naught.

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