Shafqat Ali vs State Ss — 2025 YLR 1187 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 1187 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Shafqat Ali vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Shafqat Ali VS State Ss. 302(b) & 34---Qatl-i-amd, common intention---Appreciation of evidence---Place of incident---Scope---Accused were charged for committing murder of his wife/daughter of complainant by inflicting hatchet blows---Defence plea was that the incident had taken place at a barren house and on the following morning the people of the locality intimated the police about the presence of the dead body, whereupon the police recovered the dead body---Defence itself brought the fact on the record through cross-examination that the complainant was residing next to the house where the incident occurred---Defence itself proved that the place of occurrence was not a barren house, but rather the incident of the murder of deceased took place in the house of co-accused (since acquitted), who was the father of the appellant---In that regard, the draftsman was not questioned---Rather, as per the draftsman, the house was owned by (co-accused since acquitted)---So, the prosecution proved that the incident had not occurred at the deserted house but rather the place of occurrence shown in the scaled site plan was the place wherefrom the dead body was recovered and witnesses witnessed the incident---Contention of the defence was also untenable as the Investigating Officer secured the blood with the cotton from the room of appellant and the house of acquitted accused---Circumstances established that the prosecution had proved its case against the appellant---Appeal against conviction was dismissed accordingly.

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