SHAFQUAT HUSSAIN vs State Ss — 2024 MLD 327 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2024 MLD 327 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: MLD
Parties: SHAFQUAT HUSSAIN vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

SHAFQUAT HUSSAIN VS State Ss. 302, 324, 147, 148, 149 & 114---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common object, rioting armed with deadly weapon, unlawful assembly and abettor present when offence committed---Appreciation of evidence---Medico-Legal Officer (Doctor) in cross-examination had opined that the fire to the deceased was made from a distance of 05 to 20 feet, which did not align with the distance between the accused and complainant party described by a prosecution witness in his cross-examination---Doctor had further suggested that probability of the deceased having sustained 5 injuries in sleeping position could not be ruled out, which did not fit in with description described by the witnesses in this regard---Prosecution, because of existence of doubt, had not succeeded in proving the case against the appellant---Appeal filed by the accused was allowed, in circumstances.

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