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Muhammad Ali Yasir vs State S — 2025 PCrLJ 1051 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2025 PCrLJ 1051 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2025
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
Muhammad Ali Yasir vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

Muhammad Ali Yasir VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Presence of the eye-witnesses at the time and place of occurrence not proved---Chance witnesses---Accused was charged for committing murder of the father of complainant by firing---Investigating Officer mentioned in column No.3 of the inquest report, relating to the time and date of receiving information of death, as "08.05.2013, at 08:45 p.m." and in column No.4 of the inquest report, the names ofcomplainant and given up witness were not mentioned, which created doubt about the presence of witnesses at the time of preparing the inquest report---All the said facts created doubt about the time and place where the original matter was reported by the complainant to the police---Complainant and eye-witnesses were chance witnesses---Said witnesses were bound to give credible explanations for being present at the place of the incident---Neither did the eye-witnesses give any reasonable explanation, nor any material had been placed on record to substantiate their presence at the place of occurrence on the fateful day---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the appellant beyond any shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed accordingly.

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