Shahid Zaman vs State Ss — 2025 YLR 2412 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 2412 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court: Peshawar High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Shahid Zaman vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 15---Q; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arms Act (XXIII of 2013)

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Judgment text as reported

Shahid Zaman VS State Ss. 302 & 311---Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arms Act (XXIII of 2013), S. 15---Qatl-i-amd, ta'azir after waiver or compounding of right of qisas in qatl-i-amd, possession of illicit weapon---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Unnatural conduct of eye-witnesses---Accused was charged for committing murder of the nephew of complainant and his wife by firing---Complainant disclosed that the incident occurred at 12:40 hours, whereas the matter was reported to the local police at 13:30 hours, on their arrival to the spot---If the complainant and the eye-witness had reached to the place of occurrence at 12:40 and when the deceased were done to death at the same time, then it was for the complainant to tell that why he and others did not shift the dead bodies to the hospital or to the Police Station---Record was silent and so the complainant that who informed the police and that how the police reached to the place of incident---Circumstances established that the prosecution failed to bring home guilt against the appellant---Appeal against conviction was allowed, accordingly.

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