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MUHAMMAD AYAZ vs State Ss — 2023 YLR 1537 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2023 YLR 1537 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2023
Reporter
YLR
Parties
MUHAMMAD AYAZ vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD AYAZ VS State Ss. 302(b) & 325---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit suicide---Appreciation of evidence--- Motive not proved---Effect---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of the complainant by inflicting knife blows---Motive of the occurrence, as mentioned in the written application of complainant, was that the deceased had won a prize of Rs.20/- which when demanded by the deceased from the accused, the accused committed the occurrence---Motive as alleged could not be proved---Both the eye-witnesses while appearing before the Trial Court did not mention the said motive of the occurrence and made no statements with regard to the motive before the Trial Court---Furthermore, no documentary evidence was brought on record to establish that the deceased had won a prize of Rs. 20/- and the accused, on demanding the said prize, committed the murder of the deceased due to the said reason---During the course of investigation, the Investigating Officer of the case did not collect any evidence in support of the motive of the occurrence as mentioned in the written application---Prosecution witnesses failed to provide evidence to determine the truthfulness of the motive alleged and the fact that the said motive was so compelling that it could have led the accused to have commit the qatl-i-amd of the deceased---No independent witness was produced by the prosecution to prove the motive as alleged---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused beyond any shadow of doubt, however, due to mitigating circumstance, the death sentence was altered to imprisonment for life---Appeal against conviction was dismissed with said modification in sentence.

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