USMAN AHMED vs State Ss — 2025 SCMR 1442 SUPREME-COURT

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USMAN AHMED VS State Ss. 302(b) & 392---Qatl-i-amd, robbery---Reappraisal of evidence---Discrepancies in evidence of witnesses---Accused were charged for committing murder of the son of complainant during robbery---Record confirmed that the FIR was registered pursuant to the statement/application submitted by the complainant---Complainant had stated during his cross-examination that in his initial application to the police, he had not disclosed that appellant, who allegedly fired upon the deceased, had a beard---Complainant was also unable to state the exact time at which the application was submitted to the police---Application was admittedly written by a relative whose name complainant once again did not disclose but was only signed by him---Similar type of statement was recorded by brother of deceased---Prominently, the witness of wajtakar had deposed that he had seen two persons running from the place of occurrence towards the forest side---Although said witness acknowledged that the faces of the two persons, he saw fleeing, were not turned towards him and that he had not seen them committing the murder of the deceased, he still however claimed to have identified them by disclosing their names to the S.H.O. as the appellants---Eye-witness had firstly described the accused as unknown persons and only later identified them during separate test identification parades---Appellant was specifically identified as the bearded assailant attributed with the role of shooting at the deceased on 01.10.2010---Circumstances established that the charges leveled against appellant had not been proved by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

USMAN AHMED vs State Ss — 2025 SCMR 1442 SUPREME-COURT

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