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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

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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---Ocular account and medical evidence---Contradictions---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused persons committed murder of the servant of complainant by firing---As per record, Medical Officer did not declare cause of death at the time of postmortem examination rather on 22.09.2022 after about four months on the request of police such lacuna was filled out---No exit wound was mentioned in this case---Entry wound on left temporal side resulted into presence of bullet inside the cranial cavity but Medical Officer was unable to explain the point from where it was extracted and also what was the trajectory because it was a distant fire without blackening around it as per prosecution story---Bullet recovered from the cranial cavity was not sent to Forensic Science Agency for examination, even no X-ray or MRI was produced by the prosecution to prove that bullet was inside the brain---Thus, cause of death and circumstances in which death occurred was also doubtful in the case, which was the reason inquest report was also defective---Overall perusal of medical evidence showed that it stood in contradiction with ocular account, therefore, same could not be relied upon in support of prosecution story---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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