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Rafaqat Hussain Shah vs State Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 1526 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation
2025 PCrLJ 1526 ISLAMABAD
Court
Islamabad High Court
Year
2025
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
Rafaqat Hussain Shah vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 17---K

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Judgment text as reported

Rafaqat Hussain Shah VS State Ss. 364-a & 493-a---anti -Rape (Investigation and Trial) act (XXX of 2021), S. 17---Kidnapping or abducting a minor, cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage, sexual abuse of minor---appreciation of evidence---Delay of eight days in lodging the FIR---accused/appellant was charged for abducting the minor daughter of the complainant for cohabitation caused by accused deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage---Complainant admitted in his cross-examination that the FIR was registered with a delay of eight days---Record reflected that alleged incident took place on 03.01.2022 and the FIR was registered on 11.01.2022---Complainant had admitted that the police station was at a distance of hardly 30 to 45 minutes---No reasonable explanation for the delay had been provided---Even during the testimony in the Court, the witnesses did not mention the reason for the delay---Thus, the significant delay in initiating legal proceedings casted doubt on the credibility of the prosecution's case---appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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