SHER AFZAL vs State S — 2025 SCMR 894 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 SCMR 894 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: SHER AFZAL vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

SHER AFZAL VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Re-appraisal of evidence---Multiple murders---Phenomena of substitution---Accused persons were convicted by Trial Court for qatl-i-amdof five persons and were sentenced to death---Validity---Presence of complainant and other eyewitnesses at the scene of crime on the day of incident remained undisputed---Accused persons failed to provide any plausible reason for their alleged false implication in the case while allowing actual perpetrators to escape justice---Accused persons committed a brutal and ruthless act by murdering five members of same family over a land dispute---Crime was premeditated and carried out in cold blood---Supreme Court declined to commute death sentence to life imprisonment as accused persons were not so entitled due to severity and deliberate nature of offense---Appeal was dismissed.

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