MUHAMMAD RAMZAN vs State Ss — 2025 SCMR 1742 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 SCMR 1742 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: MUHAMMAD RAMZAN vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD RAMZAN VS State Ss. 302(b) & 398---Qatl-i-amd, attempting to commit robbery or dacoity, when the offender is armed with a deadly weapon---Reappraisal of evidence---Benefit of doubt---CCTV footage---Faces of culprits not visible---Petitioners were charged for committing murder of the deceased while attempting to commit robbery---CCTV footage of the shop with regard to the occurrence, procured during investigation and recorded in USB, duly played at the trial and relied upon by the trial Court for conviction of the petitioners, was also played in the High Court---CCTV footage was of no avail to the prosecution and it could not be made a basis for conviction of the petitioners as in the CCTV footage, the faces of the culprits were not visible and it was showing only the back of the culprit who had a scuffle with the deceased---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove the charge against the petitioners beyond reasonable doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed, accordingly.

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