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

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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---Contradictions in the identification of accused persons---Accused were charged for abducting the daughter of complainant forcibly---Investigating Officer, who recorded the statement of the abductee, deposed that she disclosed the names of the accused as AR, AW, KB, and AM, but did not mention the names of AH, GB, or Q---In contrast, the complainant, in her testimony, stated that her daughter (the abductee) disclosed the names of the accused as AR, Q, KB, and GB---Furthermore, another prosecution witness, the brother of the abductee, deposed that his sister named AR, A, KB, AW and AM as the accused---Such glaring inconsistencies raised serious doubts about the veracity of the prosecution's version---Evidently, abductee did not consistently or correctly identify the accused persons---Even before the trial Court, abductee failed to make any statement identifying accused A, from whom her alleged Nikah was performed---Appeal against the conviction of accused persons was allowed, in circumstances.

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