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Abid Ali vs State Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 383 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2025 PCrLJ 383 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2025
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
Abid Ali vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Abid Ali VS State Ss. 302(b), 201, 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Delay of seven hours in lodging the FIR---Consequential---Accused were charged for committing murder of two sons of complainant by firing---As per the prosecution version, in the instant case, the incident took place on 10.02.2018 at 10:00 a.m. wherein two sons of the complainant lost their lives---Inter-se distance between the place of occurrence and the police station was 10 kilometers---Complainant reported the incident to the police on the same day at 05:00 p.m. through the written application, based on which Police Official chalked out the FIR---However, there was an inordinate delay of 07 hours in reporting the matter---Prosecution failed to prove what the complainant and his witnesses did for seven hours, which put a dent in the prosecution's story---Prosecution failed to explain the delay in reporting the incident and what the complainant did for 07 hours---Such aspect of the matter was sufficient to cast doubt about the authenticity of the FIR, which created serious doubt about the genuineness of the prosecution story, including the complainant's presence at the scene of the occurrence---Appeal was allowed and appellants were acquitted of the charge.

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