HAFEEZ AHMED vs State Ss — 2023 YLR 2503 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2023 YLR 2503 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: YLR
Parties: HAFEEZ AHMED vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

HAFEEZ AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b), 337-a(i), 337-a(ii), 337-F(vi), 337-L(2), 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, shajjah-i-khafifah, shajjah-i-mudihah, ghayr - jaifah - munaqqillah, hurt, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Wider net, casting of---accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant by firing---Record showed that as many as ten persons were indicted in the case with the allegation of having actively participated in the crime---all the accused arrayed in the case were entrenched in kinship with each other and from that factor it could be gathered that the case in hand was of wider net---Such cases from their very genesis call for discreet scanning of the prosecution case mainly for the reason that unfortunately, it has become trend of criminal litigation to implicate as many persons from the family of accused as possible in a case of homicide, mainly to exert pressure upon others so as to desist them from pursuing the case of the actual delinquent---On occasions, the actual murder incident remains un-witnessed and a wider net is spread to grill in the case members hailing from the family of adversaries on account of doubt by planting false witnesses---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the accused beyond any shadow of doubt---appeal against conviction was accordingly allowed.

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