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SHAHZAD AHMED vs State S — 2025 PLD 357 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation
2025 PLD 357 ISLAMABAD
Court
Islamabad High Court
Year
2025
Reporter
PLD
Parties
SHAHZAD AHMED vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 376---R

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Judgment text as reported

SHAHZAD AHMED VS State S. 376---Rape---Appreciation of evidence---Delay of eight months in lodging the FIR---Inconsequential---Accused was charged for committing rape with the complainant---Trial Court had dealt with the question of eight-month delay in registering the FIR while highlighting conceptions of honor and shame that prevent the reporting of crimes involving sexual abuse---Victim was a twenty-year-old unmarried girl at the time of the occurrence, belonging to a family of laborers and all her siblings were younger than her---Victim not reporting the occurrence to her family was understandable as according to her testimony she was not only fearful of the appellant inflicting harm on her, but was equally fearful of the stigma she and her family would face if the occurrence became a matter of public knowledge---Victim might never have reported the occurrence had she not been impregnated---Victim only revealed her ordeal when her state of pregnancy became physically apparent close to the time of delivery---No presumption could be drawn that the victim falsified the story that the appellant had intercourse with her---Appeal against conviction was dismissed, in circumstances.

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