MUHAMMAD ABBAS vs State Ss — 2023 SCMR 487 SUPREME-COURT

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MUHAMMAD ABBAS VS State Ss. 302(b) & 302(c)--- Qatl-i-amd--- Reappraisal of evidence---Incident took place at 9:00 p.m. whereas the matter was reported to the police on the same night at 01:20 a.m. while the inter se distance between the place of occurrence and the Police Station was 25 kilometers---Such aspect of the case clearly reflected that the matter was reported to Police promptly without there being any delay---As the parties were related to each other, therefore, there was no chance of misidentification---Prosecution witnesses were subjected to lengthy cross-examination by the defence but nothing favourable to the accused persons or adverse to the prosecution could be produced on record---Said witnesses remained consistent on each and every material point, therefore, it could safely be concluded that the ocular account furnished by the prosecution was reliable, straightforward and confidence inspiring---Medical evidence available on the record was in line with the ocular account so far as the nature, locale, time and impact of the injuries on the person of the deceased was concerned---Counsel for the accused persons could not point out any reason as to why the complainant would falsely involve the accused persons in the present case and let off the real culprit---Substitution in such like cases was a rare phenomenon---Since the occurrence took place at the spur of the moment, conviction of accused persons under section 302(b), P.P.C. was converted into one under section 302(c), P.P.C.---Petition for leave to appeal was converted into appeal and partly allowed.

MUHAMMAD ABBAS vs State Ss — 2023 SCMR 487 SUPREME-COURT

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