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Muhammad Nadeem Aslam vs State Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 1698 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2025 PCrLJ 1698 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2025
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
Muhammad Nadeem Aslam vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Muhammad Nadeem Aslam VS State Ss. 302(b), 363, 377 & 201---Qatl-i-amd, kidnapping, sodomy, causing disappearance of evidence---Appreciation of evidence---Motive not proved---Accused was charged for kidnapping and murdering the minor son of complainant after committing sodomy with him---Record showed that a specific motive was set out in FIR, according to which appellant and complainant were neighbourers and about 8/10 days prior to the incident an altercation over the issue of children took place inter se the parties for which the appellant had nourished grudge and abducted the complainant's son---Though complainant while appearing before the Trial Court deposed regarding the motive part of the occurrence, however no witness of the quarrel incident over the issue of the children was either produced at investigative phase or at trial stage---Investigating Officer, in his cross-examination, categorically admitted that he did not mention any of the children between whom the altercation took place---Thus, the prosecution failed to prove its motive part of the incident---Moreover, failure to prove motive itself warranted the Court to have resort to the alternate sentence of imprisonment for life---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case beyond shadow of doubt, however, prosecution failed to prove the motive part of the case, therefore death sentence was converted into life imprisonment---With the modification in the sentence, appeal was dismissed.

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