PAK LAW GPT — Pakistan Case Law AI justice scale emblemPAK LAW GPTCase law · Urdu & English

Fakhar Iqbal Shah vs State Ss — 2025 PCrLJ 802 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2025 PCrLJ 802 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2025
Reporter
PCRLJ
Parties
Fakhar Iqbal Shah vs State Ss
Subject matter
Criminal

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Judgment text as reported

Fakhar Iqbal Shah VS State Ss. 302(b), 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of rifle from the accused---Inconsequential---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused persons committed murder of the servant of complainant by firing---Rifle planted on the appellant was his licensed weapon but despite that it did not match with the spent shells collected from the place of occurrence---Rifle was also not identified by the witnesses as the same used in the occurrence---Practice of marking an article like rifle as 'P' on the recovery memo. was not merely a formality rather being real evidence it must be shown to the witnesses to identify or comment upon it so as to facilitate the inspection of Court that this was the weapon use by the accused for commission of offence---Thus, in the present case Court should have given finding with respect to description of weapon, its caliber and other necessary details so as to productively use this kind of evidence as corroboration to principal facts, which had not been done---Thus, recovery of rifle could not be relied upon or used against the accused/appellant in any manner---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

Other judgments reported in 2025 PCRLJ

Back to the case-law library · Search Pakistani case law in Urdu or English