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Iftikhar alias Hera alias Charlie vs State Ss — 2024 YLR 2047 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2024 YLR 2047 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2024
Reporter
YLR
Parties
Iftikhar alias Hera alias Charlie vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

Iftikhar alias Hera alias Charlie VS State Ss. 302(b) & 302(c)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Sentence, reduction in---Minor contradictions in evidence---Inconsequential---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant by stabbing---All the witnesses were consistent in their evidence and even if there were some contradictions in their evidence, the same were minor in nature and not material and certainly not of such materiality so as to effect the prosecution case and the conviction of the accused---Evidence of the witnesses provided a believable corroborated unbroken chain of events from the accused quarreling with the deceased, outside the house of the deceased, to the accused stabbing the deceased and then running away and later being arrested, to the accused pointing out the murder weapon in a hidden place---Circumstances established that prosecution had proved its case against the accused beyond any shadow of doubt, however, sudden quarrel broke out between the accused and the deceased which led the accused after being provoked by the quarrel suddenly to give one stab wound with knife to the chest of the deceased without premeditation, thus offence under S.302(b), P.P.C was converted into offence under S.302(c), P.P.C---Life imprisonment was converted into sentence for 14 years---Appeal was dismissed with modification in sentence, in circumstance.

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