Abdul Basit vs State Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 589 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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Abdul Basit VS State Ss. 365-B & 376---abducting or inducing woman to compel for marriage, rape---appreciation of evidence---Ocular account furnished by victim---Victim sole eyewitness of the occurrence---Sufficient for conviction---accused was charged that he along with his co-accused kidnapped the complainant and raped her, and accused also prepared her nude pictures for blackmailing---Ocular account was furnished by victim/complainant alone, whereas, statement of father of the victim was about post occurrence events---In her examination-in-chief the victim reiterated the story as had been set out in the complaint/FIR and deposed about step by step events in the same sequence---Complainant was subjected to cross-examination at sufficient length but nothing damaging to the prosecution or favourable to the defence could be elicited from her mouth---By tenor of cross-examination the defence tried to bring on record that at one point of time the victim and the accused/appellant were residing in the same village and parents of the accused/appellant as well as victim had friendly relations, thus they both i.e. accused/appellant and the victim, were known to each other---Instead of lending any support to the defence, the admission of the victim on above aspects went on to strengthen the prosecution's stance as it was the case of prosecution itself that because of such friendly relations the accused/appellant used to visit the house of the victim's parents along with co-accused, with whom the victim also developed relations and out of such linkage she left the house along with co-accused to make some purchases and fell prey to nefarious activity by the accused/appellant---Since the statement of the victim, had been found to be worthy of credence, confidence inspiring, credible and irrefutable, therefore, even if she was a sole witness, her statement could safely be made basis to record conviction---Circumstances established that prosecution had proved the case against the appellant beyond shadow of reasonable doubt---appeal, being devoid of merit, was dismissed, in circumstances.

Abdul Basit vs State Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 589 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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