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ABDUL QADEER vs State S — 2024 SCMR 1146 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2024 SCMR 1146 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2024
Reporter
SCMR
Parties
ABDUL QADEER vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 7

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Judgment text as reported

ABDUL QADEER VS State S. 7(e)---Qanun-e-Shahadat (10 of 1984), Art. 22---Kidnapping for ransom---Reappraisal of evidence---Test identification parade---Infirmities---Role of accused not specified---Identification parade of the petitioner (accused) was held under supervision of Special Judicial Magistrate, wherein the alleged abductee identified the petitioner as the accused---During cross-examination Special Judicial Magistrate admitted that the petitioner had raised objection before the identification parade proceedings that he was shown to the abductee in the office of a police official---Contents of the identification parade memo reveal that during identification parade, the alleged abductee did not specify the role played by the petitioner in the alleged occurrence---Identification of an accused person without reference to the role allegedly played by him during the occurrence is shorn of any evidentiary value---Prosecution had failed to prove the charge against the petitioner beyond reasonable doubt---Petition was converted into appeal and allowed, and the accused was acquitted of the charge.

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