SALMAN ZAHID vs State Circumstantial evidence — 2023 SCMR 1140 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2023 SCMR 1140 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2023
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: SALMAN ZAHID vs State Circumstantial evidence

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Judgment text as reported

SALMAN ZAHID VS State Circumstantial evidence---Prosecution cases dependent upon circumstantial evidence---In such cases in order to justify the inference of guilt of an accused, the incriminating fact must be incompatible with the innocence of the accused and incapable of explanation upon any other reasonable hypothesis than that of his guilt.

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