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IMRAN GONDAL vs State S — 2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2023 YLRN 38 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2023
Parties
IMRAN GONDAL vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

IMRAN GONDAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay in conducting postmortem examination---Scope---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the brother-in-law of the complainant---Postmortem examination on the dead body of deceased was conducted at about 04:45 p.m. with the delay of sixteen hours and forty five minutes---Adverse inference to the prosecution's case could be drawn that the intervening period had been consumed in fabricating a story after preliminary investigation and to wait for the relatives of the deceased, who were made witnesses subsequently, otherwise there was no justification for not dispatching the dead body to the mortuary and providing police papers with such delay---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove the case against the accused beyond any reasonable doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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