SOHAIL AHMED SIDDIQUI vs State Ss — 2024 YLR 811 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2024 YLR 811 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: YLR
Parties: SOHAIL AHMED SIDDIQUI vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 7---Q

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Judgment text as reported

SOHAIL AHMED SIDDIQUI VS State Ss. 302(b), 324 & 34---anti-Terrorism act (XXVII of 1997), S. 7---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention, act of terrorism---appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Recovery of crime empties from the spot---Inconsequential---accused was charged that he along with his co-accused made firing upon complainant party due to which three persons died and complainant along with one other person became injured---Record showed that police recovered 10 empties of 9MM pistol from the place of incident, sealed the same at the spot, read over the contents of same to Mashirs, who after treating the same as correct, put their signatures on it---Complainant/mashir of said Mashirnama stated differently and belied his presence at the relevant time by deposing that after two years of the incident, he was called at Police Station where his signatures were obtained on Mushirnama of inspection of place of incident at police station---Complainant also did not recognize his signatures on the sealed parcel of case property viz. empties and stated that the empties were not sealed in his presence---Such recovery had no legal sanctity in the eyes of law and could not be relied upon, which created doubt about the prosecution version---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to bring home the guilt to the accused---appeal against conviction was allowed accordingly.

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