Arz Muhammad alias Arzoo vs State Ss — 2025 YLR 2742 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 2742 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court: Sindh High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Arz Muhammad alias Arzoo vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 164

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Judgment text as reported

Arz Muhammad alias Arzoo VS State Ss. 365-B, 148 & 149---Kidnapping, abduction, or inducing of a woman to compel her to marry a person against her will or to engage in illicit intercourse, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Benefit of doubt---Delay of 15-days in lodging the FIR---Consequential---Accused were charged for abducting the daughter of complainant forcibly---In this case, there was an unexplained delay of approximately 15 days in the registration of the FIR---Despite the serious nature of the allegation that a young lady was kidnapped by the accused party and one of the accused was allegedly identified by the complainant, no immediate report was made to the police---Such inordinate and unexplained delay in lodging the FIR formed serious doubt about the genuineness of the prosecution story---Furthermore, the abductee herself claimed that she managed to escape from the custody of the accused, which in itself raised a significant question that under what circumstances she was able to escape unassisted, if she had indeed been kept under forceful confinement---Adding to that doubt was the fact that although abductee appeared before the police on 17-07-2017, her judicial statement under S.164, Cr.P.C., was recorded after delay of five days---Said sequence of delays, both in FIR registration and in recording of the statement under S.164, Cr.P.C., casted serious doubt upon prosecution case---Appeal against the conviction of accused persons was allowed, in circumstances.

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