Imran Khan vs State Ss — 2025 YLR 1786 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 1786 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Imran Khan vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Imran Khan VS State Ss. 302(b) & 201---Qatl-i-amd, causing disappearance of evidence of an offense, or giving false information to screen an offender---Appreciation of evidence---Recovery of crime empties from the place of occurrence---Inconsequential---Accused was charged for committing murder of the brother of complainant by firing---Record showed that the Investigating Officer had recovered four empties of 30 bore but astonishingly, same had not been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for chemical examination to see whether the same had been fired from one and the same weapon or a different one---No doubt, Forensic Science Laboratory Report was available on the file, which had only disclosed that the empties, which were recovered from the place of occurrence, were that of 30 bore---Investigating Officer should have sent the empties recovered from the place of occurrence to the Forensic Science Laboratory with the question as to whether these empties had been fired from one and the same weapon or otherwise---Circumstances established that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against the appellant beyond shadow of doubt---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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