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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---Inquest report not completely filled---Accused was charged that he along with his co-accused persons committed murder of the servant of complainant by firing---Inquest report, consisting of four pages, was not an original document, rather it was on carbon copy---Some of the columns left blank in original were filled with live writing which indicated that whole information was not added in such report at one point of time giving birth to suspicion of consultation and deliberation---In such report neither the distance of police station from where deadbody was found was mentioned nor articles carried by the deceased at the time of death---Age of deceased and condition of mouth and face was also not mentioned in column Nos. 8 & 9 of the report---Column No. 12 relating to weapon of offence was also kept blank as well as column Nos. 22 & 23, and necessary information was also missing in column No. 24---Despite these apparent flaws, challan was passed by the prosecution agency and prosecutor who conducted prosecution did not attend such facts too, so much so Trial Court also allowed to tender such defective report in the evidence which was not admissible at all---As per law documentary evidence was proved through primary evidence by producing original document itself, or by secondary evidence through tendering of its copy but that too after satisfying the Court about loss of original, but it had not been done in this case---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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