Aamir Khan vs State Chance witnesses, evidence of — 2024 YLR 2272 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2024 YLR 2272 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Aamir Khan vs State Chance witnesses, evidence of
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Aamir Khan VS State Chance witnesses, evidence of---Scope---Ocular account has its own importance in any murder case and the fate of the case mainly hinges upon its credibility---Presence of an eye-witness at the spot is not to be presumed rather is to be proved satisfactorily by the prosecution during trial---For ascertaining the truth behind the claim of an eye-witness about his acclaimed presence, the Court has to examine his evidence with best possible circumspection---Fallacious approach to follow blindly the notion that a murder occurrence having taken place at a thickly populated place cannot go un-noticed thus the narrators of such ocular account ought to be believed---Often a false witness after being properly tutored successfully overcomes the test of cross-examination but still the Courts must not let the ends of justice be defeated and instead such depositions, before acceptance, should be put to the test of strict scrutiny---If such a witness gives evasive replies to material questions or expresses ignorance regarding them, the testimony of such a witness is to be looked with suspicion and be discarded in accordance with doctrine of abundant caution.

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