AHSIN ALI vs State Ss — 2025 SCMR 1367 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 SCMR 1367 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: AHSIN ALI vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

AHSIN ALI VS State Ss. 302(b), 393, 449 & 109---Qatl-i-amd, robbery, house trespass, abetment---Reappraisal of evidence---Petitioners were charged for committing murder of the paternal brother of the complainant by inflicting hatchet blows---Record showed that the accusation levelled against petitioner "AA" was that he inflicted hatchet blows on the head of the deceased and that the hatchet recovered was bloodstained---Defence alleged that in the post-mortem report, which, although, attributed the cause of death to severe head injuries however, it did not specify the nature of the weapon used, as to whether it was a hatchet, a danda or any other incriminating object---Said report was not significant because the prosecution witnesses had not stated that petitioner "AA" used the right side of the hatchet---Lacerated wounds mentioned in the postmortem report of the deceased could be caused with the wrong side of the hatchet and as such there was no material contradiction between the ocular account and medical evidence of the prosecution---Petitioner "AA" was caught red handed at the spot by witnesses while carrying a bloodstained hatchet---Evidence of the prosecution eyewitnesses to his extent was confidence inspiring and trustworthy---Prosecution had proved its case to the extent of petitioner "AA" beyond the shadow of any doubt---Petition of said petitioner was converted into an appeal and was dismissed with modification in the sentence by commuting the death sentence into life imprisonment.

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