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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---Solitary statement of victim---Scope---Accused was charged for committing rape with the complainant---Victim appeared before the Court and narrated the occurrence involving the appellant---Victim's account remained consistent despite facing lengthy cross-examination---Trial Court found her testimony credible and reliable and also noted that there was no previous enmity between the complainant and the accused and consequently no motive for the victim to falsely implicate the appellant---Appellant lived in the victim's neighborhood and there was thus no question of the victim being unable to identify the accused---When the complainant reported the crime, she admitted that almost eight months back at the time of registration of the FIR, the victim was pregnant as a consequence of being raped---Victim subsequently delivered a baby girl---Prosecution took samples of the blood of the baby girl as well as the blood of the appellant and the forensic report issued by Forensic Science Agency confirmed that there was 99.99% probability that the appellant was the biological father of the baby girl---DNA report was the corroborative evidence that supported the testimony of the victim---While the Trial Court found that the testimony of the victim inspired confidence, the DNA report confirmed beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant had intercourse with the victim and a baby girl was born as a consequence of such intercourse---Appeal against conviction was dismissed, in circumstances.

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