Muhammad Waqas vs State Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 1644 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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Muhammad Waqas VS State Ss. 302(b), 324 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, attempt to commit qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Contradictions and improvements made by witnesses in their statements---Accused were charged for committing murder of the nephew of the complainant by firing and also causing firearm injury to his neighbourer---Complainant deposed that he went to the house of deceased, from where he heard that deceased received a bullet injury and he had been taken to "N" Hospital---Mother of the deceased deposed that on 22.07.2011 at evening time, acquitted accused forcibly took his deceased son from her house and after some time, one boy told her that the appellant and acquitted accused while riding on motorcycle had caused bullet injuries to her son---Mother of deceased rushed to the place of the occurrence and people had already escorted her son to "N" hospital, and there they came to know that her son had been referred to "J" Hospital---During cross-examination, statement of said witness was confronted by the defence with the statement she had made before the police during the investigation and brought on record the improvements/contradictions made by her in her statement---Eye-witnesses deposed in similar lines as stated by the complainant in his examination-in-chief and mentioned in supplementary statement---One of the witnesses deposed that the complainant was his paternal uncle, whereas other witness was his cousin---While cousin of complainant deposed that the complainant was a paternal cousin of his father and other witness was his chacha-zad cousin---Thus, it became clear that the statements of eye-witnesses contained significant contradictions---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

Muhammad Waqas vs State Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 1644 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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