Usama Ali vs State Ss — 2025 YLR 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 YLR 427 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: YLR
Parties: Usama Ali vs State Ss
Subject matter: Criminal

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Judgment text as reported

Usama Ali VS State Ss. 302(b), 109, 148 & 149---Qatl-i-amd, abetment, rioting armed with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly---Appreciation of evidence---Call Data Record (CDR)---Not admissible in evidence---Scope---Accused was charged for committing murder of the son of complainant along with his two friends by firing---Prosecution produced in evidence some CDR of phone numbers but Investigating Officer conceded that no SIM number was in the name of accused/appellant---Although phone of deceased was found present near the dead bodies but it was claimed that cell number recovered from the accused/appellant at the time of his arrest was found issued in the name of deceased---Allegedly, such number was in the possession of sister of accused/ appellant which showed her link with the deceased---No chat or voice messages were available in support thereof, which was the reason said female was not summoned by the Court as an accused nor prosecution was able to establish the fact of her link with any of the deceased---Further, Police Constable who collected such CDR conceded that detail of owner of that cell number was not given in CDR---CDR was obtained from IT office, through email---Neither CDR was obtained from concerned mobile company nor any representative of such company appeared in the dock---Thus, such CDR was not admissible in evidence---Appeal against conviction was allowed, in circumstances.

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