ABID vs State Ss — 2025 SCMR 1710 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 SCMR 1710 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: ABID vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

ABID VS State Ss. 302(b), 404 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, dishonestly misappropriating property possessed by a deceased person at the time of his death, common intention---Reappraisal of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Motive not proved---Accused were charged for committing murder of the paternal uncle of the complainant---Insofar as the motive of inter-se illicit relationship between both the appellants was concerned, no prosecution witness had stated that they had ever seen the appellants in any objectionable condition or even talking to each other---Moreover, female appellant was living with deceased as his wife till the time of his death---Admittedly there was no litigation or a family suit between female appellant and her husband/deceased---Therefore, the motive as alleged by the prosecution had not been proved in this case---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the appellants beyond the shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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