Syed Abdul Basit Shah vs State Ss — 2025 YLR 101 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 101 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Syed Abdul Basit Shah vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Syed Abdul Basit Shah VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 201 & 34---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Presence of husband of deceased at the place and time of occurrence not proved---Accused was charged that he and his co-accused persons committed murder of the daughter of complainant---Complainant deposed that the responsibility of death of his daughter was upon her husband, her father-in-law, mother-in-law and their four sons including appellant---Complainant admitted the fact that his son in-law, was abroad during the days of alleged occurrence---Son-in-law of complainant (since Proclaimed Offender) was not present at the place of occurrence, as per prosecution's version he was abroad, and the Investigating Officer did not examine such aspect of the matter, however, the Trial Court found him to have been involved in the commission of alleged occurrence and declared him proclaimed offender---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to establish its case against the appellant beyond any shadow of reasonable doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed accordingly.

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