Safar Khan vs State S — 2025 PCrLJ 675 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2025 PCrLJ 675 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: Safar Khan vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 316---Q; S. 316

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Judgment text as reported

Safar Khan VS State S. 316---Qatl-shibh-i-amd---Appreciation of evidence---Death due to custodial torture---Sentence, reduction in---Accused persons were Police Officials and deceased died in their custody during investigation of a criminal offence---Trial Court convicted the accused person and sentenced them to suffer imprisonment for 20 years---Validity---Keeping in view the attending circumstances of the case, standard of evidence on record, absence of motive and there being no direct evidence, the sentence awarded to the appellant was harsh, thus, the impugned judgment was modified and the sentence awarded under S.316, P.P.C was reduced from 20 years to ten years---Appeal was dismissed with said modification in sentence.

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