Mst. KHADEJA vs State Ss — 2024 PCrLJ 405 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2024 PCrLJ 405 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Mst. KHADEJA vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Mst. KHADEJA VS State Ss. 302(b), 364, 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping or abducting in order to murder, causing disappearance of evidence of offence, common intention--- Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Circumstantial evidence---Scope---Accused was charged that she along with co-accused committed murder of the brother of complainant after kidnapping him---Three witnesses went to the deceased house in the evening of 5/6.10.2010 where they had seen the deceased, the accused and the co-accused/deceased with two of his relatives---Said three witnesses corroborated each other in all material respects and were not chance witnesses and as such there was no reason to disbelieve their evidence about that meeting at the house of the deceased---Said witnesses were cross-examined and there evidence was not dented---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the accused beyond any shadow of doubt, however, his sentence was reduced from death to life imprisonment---Appeal against conviction was dismissed with said modification in sentence.

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