RIAZ vs State Ss — 2023 YLR 2471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2023 YLR 2471 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: YLR
Parties: RIAZ vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

RIAZ VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 114, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, abettor present when offence committed, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Related and interested witnesses, evidence of---Relieance--- Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of the deceased by firing---Allegedly, the eye-witnesses were relatives of the deceased---Testimony of eye-witnesses, who were close relatives of the deceased, could not be discarded on the plea of relationship---In the present case, though, the complainant and eye-witness were brothers of the deceased, they had stated their presence at the place of the incident---Medical evidence on record corroborated the statement of said eye-witnesses---Said witnesses had sufficiently explained their presence at the place of the occurrence---Thus, there was no reason to disbelieve them simply because they were relatives of the deceased---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused, however, due to some mitigating circumstances, the death sentence was converted into imprisonment for life---Appeal was dismissed with said modification in sentence.

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