AKBAR SAEED vs State S — 2025 SCMR 935 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 SCMR 935 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: AKBAR SAEED vs State S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 302

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Judgment text as reported

AKBAR SAEED VS State S. 302(b)---Qatl-i-amd---Re-appraisal of evidence---Eye-witness account---Location of fire shots---Benefit of doubt---Accused was convicted for qatl-i-amd and was sentenced to imprisonment for life---Plea raised by accused was that ocular account of injuries was not supported by medical evidence---Validity---Person witnessing an incident of firing cannot be expected to give account of location of each fire shot on the person of deceased and direction of each fire shot with exactitude---Prosecution established presence of eye-witnesses at the spot at the time of occurrence, who had furnished straight forward and truthful account of occurrence---Single ground of conflict between ocular account and medical evidence was not sufficient to be made basis for acquittal---Supreme Court declined to interfere in conviction and sentence awarded to accused---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed and leave was refused.

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