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Citation Name: 2024 YLR 1986 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURTBookmark this Case NAWAZ kHAN alias Murgha vs State Ss — 2024 YLR 1986 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation
2024 YLR 1986 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court
Peshawar High Court
Year
2024
Reporter
YLR
Parties
Citation Name: 2024 YLR 1986 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURTBookmark this Case NAWAZ kHAN alias Murgha vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Citation Name: 2024 YLR 1986 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURTBookmark this Case NAWAZ kHAN alias Murgha VS State Ss. 302(b) & 324---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction of---Accused lacking mental maturity---Accused was charged for making firing upon the complainant, due to which nephew of the complainant was hit and died whereas the complainant remained safe---Record showed that the accused was in his late teen years, aged about 19/20 years---Accused had attained the age of majority---However, at such an age, mental maturity was still lacking---Motive was not proved independently---Investigating Officer probed motive in the locality---Motive as expressed in the FIR was not usually spelt out in the public---Moreover, no other motive was stated, other than the circumstances preceding the incident, which could be said to have put the accused in distress due to which he could be safely said to have lost self-control, especially due to low mental maturity---Life term would help create a scope for his reformation with the passage of time as his mental maturity increased---In such circumstances, conviction was maintained but death sentence was converted to life imprisonment---Appeal was dismissed with such modification in sentence.

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