MEER MUHAMMAD vs State S — 2024 YLR 1548 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2024 YLR 1548 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: YLR
Parties: MEER MUHAMMAD vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 295

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Judgment text as reported

MEER MUHAMMAD VS State S. 295(b)--- Willfully defiling, damaging or desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of verses of Holy Quran---Doubtful---Accused was charged for throwing the verses of Holy Quran in a muddy nalla---Quranic verses which were thrown in the dirty nalla when produced before the Trial Court in an unsealed condition were found to be waterless---Photos of the wardat showed that the wardat was full of dirty water and as such it was impossible for the Quranic verses which were recovered from the dirty nalla to be waterless---Such verses would have been covered in dirt and ruined in large part by being soaked in water---Evidently, the complainant four days after the incident, took fresh copies of the Quranic verses to the police under seal, which was corroborated by other witnesses who were declared as hostile witnesses---Thus, it was found that no Quranic verses were actually recovered at the scene and that such verses were handed over to the police four days later in waterless condition and used by the complainant and the police to falsely implicate the accused in this case out of religious enmity---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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