JAHANZEB KHAN vs State Ss — 2023 PCrLJ 186 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2023 PCrLJ 186 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: JAHANZEB KHAN vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

JAHANZEB KHAN VS State Ss. 302(b), 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Recovery of crime weapon, crime empty and blood stained earth---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with co-accused made firing upon the complainant party, due to one person died while complainant sustained injuries---Record showed that on his arrest approximately two years later a pistol was recovered from the accused which matched with pistol empties which were recovered at the scene of the crime---Blood stained earth recovered at the wardat and clothes recovered from the deceased were sent for chemical examination which report found the blood recovered at the scene and on the clothes to be human blood---Police witnesses had no enmity or ill will towards the accused and had no reason to falsely implicate him in the case by making up his arrest or foisting the pistol on him---Evidence of the police witnesses, in such circumstances, could be fully relied upon---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused beyond any shadow of doubt---Prosecution had not been able to prove through evidence the motive for the accused murdering the deceased or attempting to murder complainant---Whether it was the pistol shot of accused which caused the fatal wound on the deceased which caused his death was not clear---Death sentence of the accused was reduced to one of life imprisonment---Appeal was dismissed with said modification in sentence.

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