QAISER AYUB vs State Ss — 2023 YLR 2663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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QAISER AYUB VS State Ss. 295-a, 295-B & 295-C---Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs, defiling, etc., of Holy Qur'an, use of derogatory remarks, etc., in respect of the Holy Prophet---appreciation of evidence---Delay of ten months in lodging the FIR---Inconsequential---accused were charged for publishing blasphemous material in the shape of portraits and articles through their website and giving wrong references from the Holy Quran in order to derogate and insult the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and excruciated the feelings and emotions of Muslims of all over the world, particularly those living in Pakistan---Record showed that the accused were settled at place "L", whereas complainant was having abode at place "T" and they were not only unknown to each other but also had no previous history of inter-se vengeance---Complainant in august, 2010, came across the blasphemous posts uploaded on a website---admittedly, the FIR was registered with afflux of about ten months on 09.06.2011 but such delay had no adverse significance keeping in view the background and the peculiar facts of the case---Evident from record that after acquiring knowledge about the crime in question, complainant did not resort to slumber and immediately approached Police Station but unfortunately due to insouciant approach of the concerned SHO, the FIR was not registered immediately---Though the sensitivity of the matter was alluding from the plain review of accusations but still the complainant was made a rolling stone between a troika of SHO, S.P. (Investigation) and FIa---Facts remained that the accused persons were nominated in the complaint but no exception about it could be taken as complainant explained flawlessly as to how he acquired knowledge about the identity of actual culprits---according to complainant, the website not only contained the names of accused persons but also their contact numbers and email addresses---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused persons beyond any shadow of doubt---appeal against conviction was accordingly dismissed.

QAISER AYUB vs State Ss — 2023 YLR 2663 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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