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Babar alias Jani vs State Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 22 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2025 PCrLJ 22 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2025
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
Babar alias Jani vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Babar alias Jani VS State Ss. 302(b), 506 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, criminal intimidation, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Safe custody of case property not proved---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused committed murder of the brother of complainant by inflicting churri blows---It is necessary that as and when case property is taken out from Malkhana, necessary entry is made in the Malkhana Register and at the time when case property is re-deposited in Malkhana---Case property in murder cases must be kept in safe custody from the date of seizure till its production in the Court---Necessary that when case property is re-deposited in the Malkhana, an entry in the Malkhana Register must be made---Dire necessity has been casted upon the prosecution to produce in Court the abstract of the Malkhana Register for ensuring and dispelling of any aura of skepticism seeping into the prosecution case, especially vis-a-vis safe custody of the case property, "being," redeposited in the Malkhana---In the present case there was doubt as to whether it was the same case property that was recovered from the accused and sent to Forensic Science Laboratory or it was the case property of some other case---Prosecution had failed to prove the case against the accused---Deposition of witnesses revealed that the prosecution did not prove that the case property was kept in safe custody---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to bring home a charge against the appellant beyond any reasonable doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed accordingly.

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