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---Accused was charged for throwing the verses of Holy Quran in a muddy nalla---Record showed that the accused belonged to one religious sect whilst the eye-witnesses belonged to another religious sect who were at odds against each other---Moreover, it did not appeal to logic, reason or common sense that the accused after throwing verses of the Holy Quran in the dirty nalla, which was a very serious offence, would wait around on his motor bike to be apprehended by the eye-witnesses who had seen his act from half a kilometer and two acres away respectively---Natural human conduct would have lead him to immediately leave the crime scene---Many persons came at the time of the arrest of the accused but none of them were called as witnesses--- In such like crimes it was usual for the angry mob to attack the culprit out of strong religious sentiment / fervor, however in this instance no such attack was made which did not tie in with the usual reaction of a large crowd in such like cases---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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