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Citation Name: 2024 YLR 1949 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case Liaquat Ali alias Jajji vs State Ss — 2024 YLR 1949 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2024 YLR 1949 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2024
Reporter
YLR
Parties
Citation Name: 2024 YLR 1949 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case Liaquat Ali alias Jajji vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Citation Name: 2024 YLR 1949 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case Liaquat Ali alias Jajji VS State Ss. 302(b) & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of weapon of offence on the pointation of accused---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant by firing---Record showed that a weapon of offence was recovered allegedly on pointing out of the accused from a room of his house---Since the accused remained fugitive from law for about three years, therefore, recovery of weapon of offence on his pointing out vide recovery memo was irrelevant and inconsequential---However, the ocular account had been established---Appeal against conviction was accordingly dismissed. Citation Name: 2024 YLR 1949 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case Liaquat Ali alias Jajji VS State Ss. 302(b) & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Promptly lodged FIR---No question of false implication---Ocular account supported by medical evidence---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant by firing---Ocular account had been furnished by complainant and another witness---Admittedly, complainant was not an eye--witness of the alleged occurrence---Occurrence took place at 10.00 a.m. on 13.05.2014---Matter was reported to the police on the same day at 10.15 a.m. with promptitude---Accused being the sole accused had specifically been nominated in the promptly lodged FIR with described specific role---Complainant was brother and witness was uncle of the deceased---Complainant was not an eye-witness of the occurrence, however, he on receiving information of occurrence form witnesses, reached at the place of occurrence and found his brother lying in an injured condition, who shifted the injured under the police escort to hospital for his medical examination---Claim of eye-witness regarding his presence at the relevant time at place of occurrence in bazar/butcher's market could not be shattered by the defence---Moreover, it was a daylight occurrence and the parties were already known to each-other, therefore, no question of misidentification or substitution of the accused arose---It was not believable that the witnesses by leaving the actual murderer would falsely implicat the accused---Ocular account furnished by eye-witnesswas fully corroborated with medical evidence---Appeal against conviction was accordingly dismissed. Citation Name: 2024 YLR 1949 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case Liaquat Ali alias Jajji VS State Ss. 302(b) & 109---Qatl-i-amd, abetment---Appreciation of evidence---Related witnesses, evidence of---Reliance---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant by firing---Allegedly the eye-witness was close relative of deceased---Merely on account of relationship of the witnesses with the deceased, their evidence could not be discarded in the absence of any inconsistency or inherent infirmity in their depositions---Appeal against conviction was accordingly dismissed. Citation Name: 2024 YLR 1949 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case Liaquat Ali alias Jajji VS State Motive---Scope---If motive part of the prosecution case is not proved and hence excluded from consideration, the accused can still be convicted in presence of sufficient evidence in the form of ocular account duly supported by the medical evidence beyond any shadow of doubt.

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